tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663727401302268530.post2663075917153287806..comments2023-10-19T02:56:08.159-07:00Comments on Debbie LaCroix, Author: Why do you write?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663727401302268530.post-82484894013456370522012-02-12T01:43:17.231-08:002012-02-12T01:43:17.231-08:00I am very much like Lissa, although I wish there w...I am very much like Lissa, although I wish there was a notepad and pen around when stories start popping into my head or and idea or sentence.... usually happens when in the car or falling asleep. As for reading yes very much like lissa I read to transport myself to another world.patientdreamerhttp://thepatientdreamer.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663727401302268530.post-9251337186434593172012-02-08T09:38:17.594-08:002012-02-08T09:38:17.594-08:00Great questions, Debbie! I read because I absolute...Great questions, Debbie! I read because I absolutely must - I have it ingrained in me to seek out alternate worlds and other realities, to step for a time into the mind of someone else. It gives relief, amusement, emotion, and perspective, among many other things. I live by reading.<br /><br />I also create life by writing. It is a pleasure and a privilege and a torment and a fate - I must do it, or the worlds and people and stories inside me die stillborn. I know that sounds a little dramatic, but I tried for years to deny it and it just won't be denied. My writing is the most intensely selfish thing I do - because I write for me and tell stories that are passionately important to me! And it's also selfless, because I want so very much to touch others with the stories, to reach into their consciousness and make a flicker of recognition there. That, for me, is what a good story does, whether it's a picture book or a stage play.<br /><br />I had no idea I had this "I Have a Dream" inside my head! Your son's teacher had a pretty terrific topic - thanks again for sharing it!<br /><br />Not Anonymously yours,<br />Melissa Kelley (melissaK)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663727401302268530.post-13088811149437334282012-02-08T09:13:25.720-08:002012-02-08T09:13:25.720-08:00I write because I have something to say or a story...I write because I have something to say or a story to tell and it's reached the point when it simply cannot live in my head any longer. Even if it's a piece just for me, it has to be put on paper.<br /><br />And I read for all the reasons you write! I want to experience a new world. I want to laugh and cry, celebrate and mourn with characters. I want to be whisked away, fall in love, run for my life, invent a new gadget... all the things those characters can do. I want to live vicariously through them. =)Lissa Clouserhttp://quidforquill.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com