>>> Item number 23169 from WRITERS LOG9312E --- (22 records) ----- <<< Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1993 13:43:58 JST Reply-To: WRITERS Sender: WRITERS From: Mike Barker Subject: TECH: Why Write? A Quote "Those women and men who write novels and short stories of fantasy - of whatever variety - take great pride in it, and so may you. We may feel especially proud that, for us, storytelling remains as significant as it was for any writer who preceded us. ... Although most ideas can be reshaped or modified to fit our individual, central truths, we have found writing to be the best education and culture-molding method available to humankind and our principle aspirations and concerns, hopes and dreads, sing from the core of all that we write just as affectingly and as effectively as any writers currently at work." (p. 26-27) (from the essay "Plotting as Your Power Source" by J.N. Williamson) How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction Ed. J.N. Williamson 1987, Writer's Digest Books ISBN 0-89879-270-3