POST CARDS FROM THE MUSE

The Job

And as a writer, one of the things that I’ve always been interested in doing is actually invading your comfort space. Because that’s what we’re supposed to do. Get under your skin, and make you react.
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As writers we have several goals to accomplish when we write a story.

1.  We entertain. Well, of course. People who read fiction read to be entertained. A true reader will read your words and see the action and hear the dialog as if watching a movie. Therefore we write to keep their attention.

2.  We write to make a connection.  We reach out to our readers with our words and try to touch them. We want them to know who we are, what we think and why we think it. This is our voice and our shot at immortality.

3.  We write to teach a lesson or to make a statement. I used to get really upset in high school because the teacher constantly reminded us that every story has something to say. I really wanted a story to just be what it is. But as a writer I have learned that there needs to be a reason, or a theme, that drives the story through its course.

4.  And of course, we write because we have the need to create. There are characters inside our heads that scream to be heard. There are worlds that need to be described.

So we write and we tell our stories to whoever will read them. And even if no one reads them, we still write.

Congratulations. You have just received a post card from the muse.

Nandy Ekle