I've come across a few posts recently questioning the sanity of writers. Yes, these pieces have been written by writers. Do they have a point? Perhaps.
Most of writers write down are the stories(voices?) in our head. We feel an obsessive-compulsive need to write. Furthermore, we invent new people and wild situations(if we're any good). We obsess over tiny bits of dialogue, think our characters are reacting to the story instead of us making them react, and invent stuff that doesn't exist. Sounds like crazy to me.
Of course, the world sometimes needs a little bit of crazy. Crazy has advanced the world. Yes, the boring, hum drum stockbroker or serious news pundit get things done in a sober, serious manner, but they don't progress. The Wright Brothers were crazy to think they could fly. Albert Einstein was crazy to think that time slowed down depending on the mass of an object.
As with anything, crazy can be overdone, and writers have no problems going there on occasion. Go to a writers conference of some kind and you'll see crazy in droves - blue hair, multiple lip piercings, tattooed necks, people with stuffed animals, people talking to...no one, the crazy is evident. Even as "reasonable" and "logical" as I think I am, I have extremes in my own mind and life, especially in my passions. I know crazy when I see it because I've got a few symptoms myself.
Most of writers write down are the stories(voices?) in our head. We feel an obsessive-compulsive need to write. Furthermore, we invent new people and wild situations(if we're any good). We obsess over tiny bits of dialogue, think our characters are reacting to the story instead of us making them react, and invent stuff that doesn't exist. Sounds like crazy to me.
Of course, the world sometimes needs a little bit of crazy. Crazy has advanced the world. Yes, the boring, hum drum stockbroker or serious news pundit get things done in a sober, serious manner, but they don't progress. The Wright Brothers were crazy to think they could fly. Albert Einstein was crazy to think that time slowed down depending on the mass of an object.
As with anything, crazy can be overdone, and writers have no problems going there on occasion. Go to a writers conference of some kind and you'll see crazy in droves - blue hair, multiple lip piercings, tattooed necks, people with stuffed animals, people talking to...no one, the crazy is evident. Even as "reasonable" and "logical" as I think I am, I have extremes in my own mind and life, especially in my passions. I know crazy when I see it because I've got a few symptoms myself.
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