The prime goal of an author is the same as a musician, which is to emotionally connect with the reader in some way or another.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
'The Author' is a play about responsibility, how active we are as spectators and how responsible we are for what we choose to look at.
I think what helps me when I'm working on a play, any play, is the degree to which the writer has truly visualized, and then fulfilled, the vision of the world that he or she is creating.
My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their hearts.
One of the ironies of being a professional writer is that, if you are even moderately successful, the very traits that let you succeed as a writer are not much help when the time comes to head out as 'The Author.'
To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and creative strength.
It's like a novelist writing far out things. If it makes a point and makes sense, then people like to read that. But if it's off in left field and goes over the edge, you lose it. The same with musical talent, I think.
Writers themselves benefit from all helpful information about their task and methods. Readers, in turn, can have both their understanding and appreciation of literature enhanced by information about the writer's work.
Authors are influenced by everything they've ever read. If you've read widely enough, it helps you create your own mix.
Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory.
Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.