Mark Huntley Parsons
Writing is magic.
Where else can you create an entire universe to your own design? You choose the characters, the setting, the events. You can go backward in history or forward in time. Or both. You decide which themes to explore. You can wrap it all up or leave it open-ended. You can write a one-page short story or a ten-thousand-page epic series.
You can have absolute autonomy in your creation, locking yourself away with just yourself and your story until you have realized the vision that was in your mind’s eye. Or you can be collaborative, using input from other readers and editors to help you craft the strongest story possible.
Your writing can display humor, tragedy, romance, adventure, quiet introspection… Or all of the above. You can write to educate, entertain, enlighten… or to distract the reader from everyday life. You can write for a specific person, for a targeted audience, for the universe at large, or simply for yourself and the feeling you get when you commit your thoughts to print in a way that gives you a little tingle inside your mind.
Any of the above. All of the above. Maybe none of the above. Of all the art forms, writing is the most limitless. If you can envision it—and develop the craft to convey your thoughts in the written word—you can literally write anything. So the best thing about being a writer is…
Writing is magic.
Where else can you create an entire universe to your own design? You choose the characters, the setting, the events. You can go backward in history or forward in time. Or both. You decide which themes to explore. You can wrap it all up or leave it open-ended. You can write a one-page short story or a ten-thousand-page epic series.
You can have absolute autonomy in your creation, locking yourself away with just yourself and your story until you have realized the vision that was in your mind’s eye. Or you can be collaborative, using input from other readers and editors to help you craft the strongest story possible.
Your writing can display humor, tragedy, romance, adventure, quiet introspection… Or all of the above. You can write to educate, entertain, enlighten… or to distract the reader from everyday life. You can write for a specific person, for a targeted audience, for the universe at large, or simply for yourself and the feeling you get when you commit your thoughts to print in a way that gives you a little tingle inside your mind.
Any of the above. All of the above. Maybe none of the above. Of all the art forms, writing is the most limitless. If you can envision it—and develop the craft to convey your thoughts in the written word—you can literally write anything. So the best thing about being a writer is…
Writing is magic.
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