{"id":34289,"date":"2017-05-29T06:30:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-28T18:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=34289"},"modified":"2017-05-23T22:02:49","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T10:02:49","slug":"why-i-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2017\/05\/29\/why-i-write\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Write"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A week ago I posted on Why I Read, adding my mite to HarperCollins’ #WhyIRead 200th anniversary celebrations. To read, or refresh last week’s view, click on:<\/p>\n

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In posting on #WhyIRead, I suspect I have also told you #WhyIWrite — because when we love something, we naturally seek to emulate and grow the love.<\/p>\n

However, as recently as March 6, I addressed the topic of “Why Write<\/a>.” In that post I said that the answer to #WhyIWrite was quite simple: \u201cI write because I want to tell great stories.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

I went on to say that a “great” story, to my mind, is one that:<\/p>\n

“i) makes readers feel the way I do when I listen to Mozart, or any other great piece of music;<\/span><\/p>\n

ii) in some way manages to capture what NZ poet, Glenn Colquhoun, has called the ache<\/em> of being alive and being human; and that<\/span><\/p>\n

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iii) entertains, taking readers out of themselves for the time they are reading.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the years (seven at the end of this month) I’ve also blogged about why I write Fantasy in particular. So if you would like to explore the myriad reasons for #WhyIWrite Fantasy, here’s the list in chronological order:
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April 16, 2011: Why Write Epic Fantasy<\/a><\/p>\n

March 27, 2012: A SF Signal Guest Post: “Celebrating Epic Fantasy”<\/a><\/p>\n

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June 25, 2012: A Gemmell Award Essay: \u201cWhy I Chose To Write Fantasy & Writing Influences\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

September 23, 2013: Why I Write Epic Fantasy<\/a><\/p>\n

May 23, 2016: Looking at the Stars: Why Epic Fantasy Keeps \u201cSpeaking\u201d To Us<\/a><\/p>\n

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Next Monday I’ll complete the #hc200 post series by focusing on writing influences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A week ago I posted on Why I Read, adding my mite to HarperCollins’ #WhyIRead 200th anniversary celebrations. To read, or refresh last week’s view, click on: Why I Read In posting on #WhyIRead, I suspect I have also told you #WhyIWrite — because when we love something, we naturally seek to emulate and grow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-writing","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34289"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34337,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34289\/revisions\/34337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}