TAKEPLACE: WRITING ISN'T THERAPY

Sunday, March 27, 2011

WRITING ISN'T THERAPY

“Writing for an audience is about narration and structure and voice; it’s about the situation and the story. It’s not about how good or bad things are in your own psyche. It’s not about airing your dirty laundry, and it’s not about your personal tragedy, however tragic…I’m not interested in strangers’ tragedies and I know: very few people are interested in mine. This is as it should be. Writing isn’t therapy. What I care about is writing.” RUMPUS

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