Inner Serentity

I was watching Denton last night and he did a fascinating interview with Lee Stringer–a former crack addict–and best-selling author. Stringer came out with some really memorable quotes and anecdotes about his writing experiences.

Firstly, he described the feeling he got from being published as “a high … but a connected high, not a disconnected high“. Asked about how he handled success as a writer, his reponse was; “gaining by inches on inner serenity.” Poignant.

I guess people have different motivations for writing, but this struck a chord with me. Writing is, for me, often an inner release of thoughts and feelings; and can often be quite a cathartic process.  What are your writing motivations and experiences?

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