Reading & Writing as Human Expression & Connection
Reading and writing are not the end goals. Connection and expression are. I want to connect and exchange ideas and express my ideas as a reciprocal gift.
Keep these reasons for reading and writing in mind, and do not let the social pressures of writing interfere. I'm writing for myself.
The more compelling and interesting reason that most writers seek out readers is, I think, less utilitarian: we receive our writing as a gift, and so it must be given in turn. We write because something needs to be expressed through us, and only by giving the writing to a reader is that need fulfilled. Mandy Brown
I yearn for readers both because I need people to receive the gift and because I know my own well-being is entangled up with theirs. Mandy Brown