The source of powerful writing, in fact perhaps the source of all creative writing, is frustration.
Writing is born from an innermost and overwhelming urge to communicate. Writing is a longing to share ideas and concepts, to transform the concealed into the perceived; to express, relate, and in the end fashion new understanding.
Writing realigns our thinking and gives us new ideas. Writing can transport us and make the world of imagination real.
Those lucky enough to share the words, listen to a different part of the same discussion - each of us creates a different world from the same writing. That is the ultimate excitement of books. Each one of us creates a perfect world from those words, a world that exactly fits our own ideals. It can never be bettered.
Long live words. Long live writing.
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