Goodreads asked John Joseph Teressi:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

John Joseph Teressi As a writer, you are always observing, watching, and taking mental notes of people, places, and events. Paying attention makes you more aware of the world around you. Travel is the ultimate source of story material since you are viewing other locals, cultures, and patterns of being. As you gather a treasure trove of information, sensations, and experiences, your expertise as a writer helps you to express your sense of inventiveness and imagination to explore the human condition and create new worlds. I believe it is a writer's mission to take it to extremes and then beyond that. Push beyond the boundaries, and you just might come up with something extraordinary and worthwhile to share.

flag