The power of a writer
January 31st 2010 02:49
My novel, which is developing at the pace of a geriatric glacier on Jupiter, nevertheless provides moments of great satisfaction.
The freedom to create is one of the great attractions of writing. Most people escape from the real world through moments of casual dreaming. When there is nothing more pressing to do, they win a million dollars, or attract someone with a million-dollar smile, and the mind's eye then spends some money or some moments in sweet contemplation of consequent pleasures.
Such dreams are usually brief and short on detail. If the dreamer were capable of adding colour and emotion, providing personalities and describing the commodities to be bought or the kisses to be savoured, then that person is a natural story teller and is probably already reaching for a keyboard.
This week, as part of the development of my novel, I visited the White House. I was a little shocked, at first, at my audacity, but I walked right into the Oval Office and told the President what I wanted him to do and what I wanted him to say. Then I told him his name, something he hadn't known until that moment. He didn't argue — he didn't disagree with any of my decisions. He knew I was completely in charge.
It was a good writing day.
The only person more powerful than a writer is another writer with a bigger imagination. There is nothing in the universe a writer can not do. Except make glaciers on Jupiter travel faster.
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