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November 4 question – Albert Camus once said, \u201cThe purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.\u201d Flannery O\u2019Conner said, \u201cI write to discover what I know.\u201d Authors across time and distance have had many reasons to write. Why do you write what you write?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The awesome co-hosts for the November 4 posting of the IWSG are Jemi Fraser,<\/a>\u00a0Kim Lajevardi,<\/a>\u00a0L.G Keltner,<\/a>\u00a0Tyrean Martinson,<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Rachna Chhabria!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

I don’t believe I’ll ever keep civilization from destroying itself with my writing. Saving the world is way beyond my paygrade. That won’t stop me from writing.<\/p>\n

So, why do I write? I hope to distract my readers for a short time. Give them something to else to think about. Maybe give them a giggle or make them say “aha!”<\/p>\n

Besides, I have all these characters in my head that want to get out. The only way to do that is write their stories. Take Tasha in Wolves’ Knight, for example. That was a book I didn’t plan. Tasha came to me while I was writing a different book, and said: “Here’s my story!” I acknowledged her, and tried to get back to my project. But she wouldn’t let me, and Wolves Knight (originally called Tasha’s Tale) got moved to the front of the list.<\/p>\n

And take the book I’ve recently started. I don’t know if it will ever get past first draft, but the main character started talking to me after six years of being a secondary character in a series. I’m writing it from my anti-hero’s point-of-view, and he’s turning out to be more of a villain than I’d planned. I’m not fighting him about it, either. I think he’s got a hero complex and he’s hiding it from me. We’ll see.<\/p>\n

So, maybe my writing as as much about entertaining me as it is entertaining the readers. I can live with that.<\/p>\n

Don’t forget to check out what other insecure writers are writing about by following the links below.<\/p>\n

And, until next time, stay safe!\u00a0<\/p>\n