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Writing = escapism?  Not necessarily.

11/24/2013

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I've occasionally been asked whether the act of writing is a form of escapism.  Escapism covers a rather large arena that involves questions such as, "Is one escaping to, from, or with?"

For this writer, it's more of a case of being abducted by an idea, a mental image, or even just a single word.  For me, there is a click, "You will now write ... " and I obey.  

This works well, as I have sited before, when I can stop what I'm doing and write, at least, a memo for later reference, but when I have to put it off, it relentlessly teases.


My muse tends towards impatience, however, and when I have held off from complying for a tad too long, that which I was to write evaporates.

I cannot assume that this is so for other writers, but once I focus on "it," all else bleeds away to the very edges of my mind, and I become a willing captive.

So, I would have to say that my writing is not a vehicle of escapism.  Instead, I would call it a portal to an alternative, autonomous reality.

And it is a very communal one.  Despite how I may appear to outsiders while thus engaged, I am most positively not alone in this writer's realm.

My muse is ever present here, occupying me with all manner of oblique intangibles, which I become obsessively driven to collate into proper form.

There is nothing else quite like having access to such an expansive, creative, and fulfilling cosmos as this.  I do not escape to writing; I am seduced by it. 

 
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Kelly Cozy link
12/2/2013 02:11:25 pm

I often think of writing my novels as spending time with my imaginary friends. It's also a bit like going to Disneyland - it's fun, but you wouldn't want to do it 24/7. :)

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Janice
2/17/2014 05:02:59 am

So true! Great comment, as usual. I once spent 24 hours at Disneyland, and yeah, not a great idea. LOL!

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    I've written many poems over the years.  This blog is a preview of my books: Echoes, Neo-Victorian Poetry (April 2013), Echoes ll, More Neo-Victorian Poetry (May 2014), Echoes lll, Even More Neo-Victorian Poetry, (August 2016), A Compilation of Echoes. (September 2016), and When None Command (April 13, 2019)

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