What’s the impact of a story on its own creator? I mean, we know that writing is a form of therapy, but that’s not all. Sometimes we don’t ever fully understand the whole impact.
Carlos Ruiz Zafón has an interesting approach of this. And I think he is so right!
“A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.”
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Writing about...Writing 
That makes so much sense.
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My favourite author. Such a shame he has passed away now 😦
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Such a good insight into what writing really does for a writer, I love this quote.
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Same for art. I think it gets us outside of our headspace. Like a distraction. Well works for me at times.
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Love this quote
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What you are doing with your blog is inspiring
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Your Site is clean and the content is great! I am inspired Thank You!
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Enjoy and Inspired by your Blog!Thank You! For me being a Writer is going into that Space of Inner Freedom! Desire to linger in that Space Awhile (Smile)
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You are preaching wisdom, I love what you have going, it’s one thing I struggle with on my blog, keeping things sweet and short, interacting
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And to think that actual letter writng is a dying art replaced by email, Facebook and Twitter.
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Thanks for the like on my December blog post. I love the idea of writing being a letter that the author writes to himself. It removes some pressure, I feel! Peace to you. x
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Excellent… Always discovering the song we already know.
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Exactly!
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You are amazing..thanks for liking my content..how can i connect with you?
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Writing and art together-Bliss:)
Great quote and post.
Thank you
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Inspiring, thanks for sharing. Writing indeed is therapeutic.
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Writing can be therapeutic sometimes. But observing subsequent meltdown of always-offended you-know-whos is WAY better than any therapy 😀
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I totally agree with the coffee the keyboard and the soul. Love this! ❤️
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Good morning and thank you for this article. Indeed we are almost writing a letter to ourselves almost every time we sit down at our desk in front of our computer or typewriter (yes, there are odd guys and gals that still like it, like the heroine of “Wednesday”. the fun Netflix series) Moreover, it is often an painful yet exhilarating exercise of exorcism of long suppressed memories of our lives, like we have been experiencing in our books and articles. There are even memories that we have not dared to share with our most intimate partners, family members and close friends. We will start following you, girl. Un grosso baccione.
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The quote is right on target. Many of my stories are fictionalized directly from my own past, and often when I read them back a a day or two later I see things in the original experience I had not seen before.
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Writing is such a gift.. as you say so eloquently! 💞
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Interesting idea…. But the discoveries that the author makes through the story to themselves are from his their own mind, imagination, or subconscious. So the personal discovery can be fictitious or real. If not real, then of course it’s an imaginary or pseudo discovery. As opposed to discoveries or things revealed to those who belong to the Lord and seek His wisdom. These discoveries or revelations far exceed that which originates from the people’s minds.
“ Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and incomprehensible things you do not know” (Jeremiah 33:3, CSB).
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A great quote and covers so much of our writing. Sometimes poetry is written for others, romantic poetry may be addressed to a particular person. Sometimes I write just for the purpose of seeing what the reaction will be from readers, giving different perspectives.
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Exactly why I keep a blog – it’s my diary that I like to read often 😀
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One of my favorite authors.. terrible loss..and very true.
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Very good insight! I find it particularly speaks to me and current journey back into writing.
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God bless you. Thank you for checking out my blog. Hope your blog is successful
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The Wisdom of God far exceeds the wisdom of man. So, we should earnestly seek His wisdom.
“For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength” (1 Corinthians 1:25).
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Wow you are a good writer so inspirational
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That’s a great quote! Thank you for sharing.
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Thanks for visiting my website! I’m glad you liked Well of Souls. It’s the best I can do.
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I just read the post on the “Wisdom of Writers” and I must say that I really enjoyed it. The letter excerpt that you shared was a great reminder of the importance of taking time to reflect and think about our lives and the choices we make. The advice to “never be too proud to ask for help” is especially poignant and something that we could all benefit from remembering. Thank you for sharing this thought-provoking piece.
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Writing as therapy – so true. Has been for me since I was a pre-teen.
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