That’s where books, including those for children, must step up: it’s our job as writers to tell stories that reflect the full range of people’s experiences – all people, no matter how broken or how ordinary. I believe he’s right: humans need to tell their stories, but the problem is that not many have the skills or the platform or the audience to do it. “Because people can’t tell their stories,” was his answer. It’s our job as writers to tell stories that reflect the full range of people’s experiences.Ĭarl Jung was once asked why there is evil in the world. I look ridiculous, but so what – when I get out of the pool, I’ve got a scene worked out. I wear swim-gloves and dark goggles to heighten this effect. Something about the rhythmic stroking is suited to stringing words together, and when you’re underwater, the sensory deprivation makes it much easier to drift off to your fictional world. Writing books is like changing majors in an eternal college, and then getting to make up narratives to carry the information…a perfect job! 2. My current story involves ferrets and carved marionettes, but the next one will require a deep knowledge of baseball, physics, and performance art. 1. Writing books is like changing majors in an eternal college.Ī ferret will only develop taste buds for foods it encounters during the first six months of its life. I learned this, and hundreds of other arcane bits of knowledge I use to amaze/annoy/bore my friends and family, by doing research for a book.
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