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In my opinion a writer should write material from the heart, which I suppose most fiction writer’s do. What I mean is, I know a few who write with the idea of selling their work only. Of course a few extra dollars is nice, but in my opinion a writer should write for the purpose of expressing him or herself. That's what it is about. Self-expression through writing is essential in making one successful. This is my thoughts anyway. What do you think?. I also feel a writer should write about what makes them happy, whatever they feel passionate about, whether it is a popular subject or not. It is about the expression, not about selling the books. My philosophy is, "I write books and if they sell that's a bonus." I never write with selling in mind. I write to express my feelings and my ideas, my message.
It seems that my best writing as well as others that I have talked to, comes when I/they are going through a hard time in life, such as a breakup or job loss or something to that effect. I believe that, because I know that some of my best stuff comes in a time of such issues. This is unfortunate, but that is the case for me anyway. I was working on my book of poetry over the weekend, and some of the poetry I have chosen for it goes way back in my life. I thought to myself, how good some of the pieces are and as I read through them, I remembered what I was going through at that particular time in my life. The best poems I have written are during stressful times. Not that I want to go through these times again, but some of the poetry is very well written. I use writing to help me through these particular times. It is all interesting to me the relationship between life and writing. Take care of everyone. Keith
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