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From, "Why I Write" by Orwell


"All writers are vain, selfish, and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery. Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist or understand. For all one knows that demon is simply the same instinct that makes a baby squall for attention. And yet it is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one struggles to efface one's own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane. I cannot say with certainty which of my motives are the strongest, but I know which of them deserve to be followed..."

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Re: From, "Why I Write" by Orwell


Good one, Chrisfriend. I get what Orwell means. I am unclear on my own motives. But I know what makes the efforts worth it. It is when I connect with my reader on her own terms and she finds something of herself in what I've made. the real prize is when the find involves a dream.

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