I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might be dealing on a close scale.
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There are so many different things out there trying to hook our attention, we writers have to be very selective and make certain that it is coming from inside out, not outside in.
There isn't much room for an outsider point of view in print any more.
Writers are nosy people; we are endlessly curious: we ask questions when we shouldn't - we peek around corners when we are least expected.
I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view.
A writer's job is to give the reader a larger vision of the world.
Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.
Our computers have become windows through which we can gaze upon a world that is virtually without horizons or boundaries.
Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the strut and squawk of my fellow man. They can be quite inspiring. Sometimes it's hard to stop talking to them to see what in the world they're thinking.
I see the role of the writer as creating a room with big windows and leaving the reader to imagine. It's a meeting on the page.