What Five Authors Taught Me About Writing
Seek for cleansing of the soul, enlightenment, clarity of mind, and peace.
I have asked myself these questions. Why do I write? What do I hope for? I have found some answers as I have pondered. Writing provides a release of tension, clarity of mind, an emotional cleansing that I have not been able to find anywhere else. Reading does provide an amount of the same feelings but not nearly to the same extent.
I went in search of a description of this in books, introductions to books, and the like to see if I could find a description of this, to see if other more established writers felt the same sentiments. I have found a few examples.
Anne Frank
Anne Frank received a diary for her thirteenth birthday, shortly before the family went into hiding during the Nazi occupation in 1942. She was excited about the anticipation of writing and was anxious to confide to her diary, who she affectionately called Kitty. She wrote:
I hope that I shall be able to confide in you completely, as I have never been able to do in anyone before, and I hope that you will be a great support and comfort to me.
I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart.
