moore

Why write? Where does writing come from? These are questions to ask yourself. They are like: Where does dust come from? Or: Why is there war? Or: If there's a God, then why is my brother now a cripple?

These are questions that you keep in your wallet, like calling cards. These are questions, your creative writing teacher says, that are good to address in your journals but rarely in your fiction. (10)

Moore, Lorrie. "How to Become a Writer." On Writing: A Process Reader. Ed. Wendy Bishop. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2004. 7-12.