Quote:
Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
Is it implicitly assumed that writers want others to read their writing? I'm not sure it is, sometimes; shouldn't it be enough that you've created something, without needing others to verify or substantiate your claim? Is your accomplishment lessened if no one else sees it? If you know no one will see your book, will you decide not to write it?
Or does the need for outside approval and a desire for fame go hand-in-hand with writing?
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If a tree falls in the woods, and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? If a man washes a dish, and no one sees it, did it really happen?* If a writer writes a novel, and no else else reads it, is he really a writer - or just someone who writes? It seems to me that the title
Writer carries with it more than the description
writer. I used to write poetry and short stories in school, but I never considered myself a Writer, nor a Poet, it was something I did rather than sometime I was. That has changed now. Is the change because I now want others to read and and enjoy what I write, or because it's become an obsession? I'm still not certain.
(* A line from the movie Kate & Leopold.)