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[Kantarii]

I don't write for anyone but myself. I post my stories on Lit to share what I have accomplished. Writing is a pass time for me - a hobby and something I enjoy. I would never ever pay someone to write a story for me that I can do for myself. I have an imagination and I'm pretty sure I can visualize it in words. Kant

 

[Zeb_Carter]

First, I write for myself. I write what I would like to read.
Second, I write to get someone else, like me, off, maybe.
Third, I write what will sell of course.

So, a bit of all three.

But I also write so my mind will be a little bit quiet so I might sleep, unless of course everyone in there goes on vacation. Which they have done on many an occasion.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

I wonder if there's any interest in a HOW TO FIX TOLSTOY'S PROSE thread?

sample of bad Tolstoy

On the 1st of November Kutuzov received an intelligence report that placed his army in an almost impossible situation. A spy reported that the French, having crossed the bridge at Vienna, were moving in great numbers on Kutuzov’s line of communications with the reinforcements marching up from Russia. If Kutuzov were to remain at Krems, Napoleon’s army of a hundred and fifty thousand men would cut him off from all communications, and surround his weary army of forty

 

[HeyAll]

In no real order, I write because:

- people enjoy it
- the process of writing a story is fun
- seeing the stories grow is rewarding