Infinite Question: Why Do We Write
Putting this question to rest once and for all.24 total reviews
Comment from MizKat
Hi livelylinda,
Your story is very nice. I debated about giving you five or six stars. Six stars are nice, but they don't count toward points for your work. I have to say we think alike. I don't believe in the muse at all and it seems you don't either. I've also gotten no votes for things I've written. In fact, it's been years since I won a contest. Oh well, we both like writing and I'm sure we'll continue with it.
Kat
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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Hi livelylinda,
Your story is very nice. I debated about giving you five or six stars. Six stars are nice, but they don't count toward points for your work. I have to say we think alike. I don't believe in the muse at all and it seems you don't either. I've also gotten no votes for things I've written. In fact, it's been years since I won a contest. Oh well, we both like writing and I'm sure we'll continue with it.
Kat
Comment Written 25-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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Thank you for reading, MizKat. One of my reviewers said that winning contests and getting six stars is just for the ego, and she was correct. On the flip side, the ego needs to be fed fairly regularly and the food is more 'high end' coming from someone other than yourself! But, you are right. We will continue doing what we do and hope it makes others happy from time to time. Linda
Comment from NicciFaye
Livelylinda - yes this is a great question. After reading this I believe its more or less another one of those beautiful gifts that some have in abundance and others just have. To write is to feel, to express, to debate, to love in a way that communicates to another without literal talking. Wonderful created.
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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Livelylinda - yes this is a great question. After reading this I believe its more or less another one of those beautiful gifts that some have in abundance and others just have. To write is to feel, to express, to debate, to love in a way that communicates to another without literal talking. Wonderful created.
Comment Written 25-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts with me. Linda
Comment from adewpearl
love the blank sliver of a tree line
excellent high-impact verb choices in expression your fundamental need to write
good laugh about Sheldon :-)
be in our DNA, but - add comma
excellent commentary on your family roots in trying to figure out where the need to write is located in your genetic make up
a good mix of humor and sincere reflection :-) Brooke
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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love the blank sliver of a tree line
excellent high-impact verb choices in expression your fundamental need to write
good laugh about Sheldon :-)
be in our DNA, but - add comma
excellent commentary on your family roots in trying to figure out where the need to write is located in your genetic make up
a good mix of humor and sincere reflection :-) Brooke
Comment Written 25-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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Brooke: I thank you so sincerely for reading, sharing your thoughts and leading me to my transgressions of punctuation. Would you believe that in school I always got A's in English class? A true story. Linda
Comment from mermaids
I am at a point in life where I just write and am past analyzing why I write.like you stated at the end of your essay. I like your biographical imfomation about your father and your daughter. I think artistic genes do run in families sometimes. Your essay held my interest.
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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I am at a point in life where I just write and am past analyzing why I write.like you stated at the end of your essay. I like your biographical imfomation about your father and your daughter. I think artistic genes do run in families sometimes. Your essay held my interest.
Comment Written 25-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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mermaids: You have made me happy that you found something I have written to be interesting. Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts with me. livelylinda
Comment from Diny
Why is answered here for you. How is what you need to work on next...
You have the poetic spirit of a writer.
Classes and books and reading will help too.
And as many of us here have found we write because we are better because we do. without it we are less than ourselves.
Remember stars and ratings and front page postings ar e for the ego. Learn grow and all the while continue to write and you will not only improve your prose but your self as well.
Write on
Diny
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reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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Why is answered here for you. How is what you need to work on next...
You have the poetic spirit of a writer.
Classes and books and reading will help too.
And as many of us here have found we write because we are better because we do. without it we are less than ourselves.
Remember stars and ratings and front page postings ar e for the ego. Learn grow and all the while continue to write and you will not only improve your prose but your self as well.
Write on
Diny
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The highest and the lowest rating are not included in calculations.
Comment Written 25-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts. livelylinda
Comment from Eric1
Hi Linda, I thoroughly enjoyed this essay my friend, the thing is, that you have not written it for a contest so that tells me that everything you have written here is from the heart, as for the greatest poem ever written, I am in total agreeance with you, I too put poems on here that are entries for contests, I, and lots of reviewers think it is a brilliant piece of writing and will surely win, you check out the votes and you have only received one, that is your own to try and save face! lol. As for my writing, well I write to take my mind off terrible incidents that I have had to endure over the past two years.
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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Hi Linda, I thoroughly enjoyed this essay my friend, the thing is, that you have not written it for a contest so that tells me that everything you have written here is from the heart, as for the greatest poem ever written, I am in total agreeance with you, I too put poems on here that are entries for contests, I, and lots of reviewers think it is a brilliant piece of writing and will surely win, you check out the votes and you have only received one, that is your own to try and save face! lol. As for my writing, well I write to take my mind off terrible incidents that I have had to endure over the past two years.
Comment Written 25-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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Thanks for reading and commenting, Eric1. livelylinda
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You are most welcome Linda.
Comment from gypsycaravan
I think the quote about 'infinity and beyond" is from the Disney character, Buzz Lightyear in "Toy Story." I remember watching it with my grandsons over and over and over.......
Glad you've given up the "whys." Doesn't really matter, but your opinion and your right to write it is what's important. Doesn't matter if no one likes it or agrees with it, but your right and obligation to state it is important. No votes? Who cares? Your opinion and right to write it is what matters.
Nicely written technically and definitely a snack to chew on for questioning writers. Good work.
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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I think the quote about 'infinity and beyond" is from the Disney character, Buzz Lightyear in "Toy Story." I remember watching it with my grandsons over and over and over.......
Glad you've given up the "whys." Doesn't really matter, but your opinion and your right to write it is what's important. Doesn't matter if no one likes it or agrees with it, but your right and obligation to state it is important. No votes? Who cares? Your opinion and right to write it is what matters.
Nicely written technically and definitely a snack to chew on for questioning writers. Good work.
Comment Written 25-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts with me. livelylinda
Comment from Emily George
I'm sorry but I think Dr. Sheldon Cooper will be no more impressed by your need to write , than he was by Penny working at the cheese cake fa tor. Lol
I too wonder about my muse, maybe it's a nice word for insanity or as you say talking to yourself.
A humorous and we'll written Essay. Keep wwriting I like your stuff.
Emily
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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I'm sorry but I think Dr. Sheldon Cooper will be no more impressed by your need to write , than he was by Penny working at the cheese cake fa tor. Lol
I too wonder about my muse, maybe it's a nice word for insanity or as you say talking to yourself.
A humorous and we'll written Essay. Keep wwriting I like your stuff.
Emily
Comment Written 25-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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Emily George: Thank you for reading and I see that you know Dr. Cooper well, too. I'm happy that you liked this essay and other of my tumbling words. livelylinda
Comment from Donya Quijote
Why do we write? It's a questions many of us ask and I am sure we all have different answers. I like your conclusions, especially the bit about it being in the DNA. For me I don't really know. Sometimes I like it, sometimes I find it frustrating. I school I hated it because my papers always came back inked in red. In the Navy, the captain asked me to answer his mail instead of an officer and then made me chief editor of the ship's newsletter. And still I don't know why because I don't feel that I have ever really be all that good at it, yet I keep trying like the energizer bunny.
An entertaining little essay that makes one think, the best kind for sure...
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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Why do we write? It's a questions many of us ask and I am sure we all have different answers. I like your conclusions, especially the bit about it being in the DNA. For me I don't really know. Sometimes I like it, sometimes I find it frustrating. I school I hated it because my papers always came back inked in red. In the Navy, the captain asked me to answer his mail instead of an officer and then made me chief editor of the ship's newsletter. And still I don't know why because I don't feel that I have ever really be all that good at it, yet I keep trying like the energizer bunny.
An entertaining little essay that makes one think, the best kind for sure...
Comment Written 25-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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Donya Quijote: thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts. I love you idea of being like the energizer bunny, LOL. livelylinda
Comment from ravenblack
Infinity and beyond- that one belongs to Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story). Why do we write? I know for me the answer is simple-because I can't not write. I think some like poets perceive the world differently, Are more able to make connections, see metaphor in just about everything and are compelled to communicate our own perspective.
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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Infinity and beyond- that one belongs to Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story). Why do we write? I know for me the answer is simple-because I can't not write. I think some like poets perceive the world differently, Are more able to make connections, see metaphor in just about everything and are compelled to communicate our own perspective.
Comment Written 24-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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ravenblack: thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts. And, yes, Buzz Lightyear did say those words. Several people have corrected me on that. livelylinda
