You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this?' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I can never say 'why' about anything I do. I suppose I can say 'how' and 'when' and 'what.' But 'why' is impenetrable to me.
I write because I don't know how to ask my questions any other way.
'Why' is a question no animal can ask, because both the question and answers require speech. Have you ever seen an animal shrug?
I need to have a reason why I'm doing something. Otherwise I'm lost.
As a matter of personal philosophy, I have generally said, 'Why not?' far more often than either 'Why?' or 'Not.'
I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these 'how' and 'why' questions. Occasionally, I find an answer.
Throughout my years in business, I discovered something. I would always ask why you do things. The answers that I would invariably get are: 'Oh, that's just the way things are done around here.' Nobody knows why they do what they do. Nobody thinks very deeply about things in business.
Every character is asking: 'What's my place? Why am I here? I don't want the answer to be 'Just because.' You find your own purpose. Each finds the reason to be here and how to contribute.
'How' is a great thing to know. 'Why' is the ultimate. I'm the 'why' coach. Why are we doing this? Why are we not doing that? Why is this not working? Those are the things I want to know.
When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'