I started thinking about this last night. It’s been bugging ever since. First, let me say, it’s official. I’m depressed. I hate when this happens. There is absolutely zero reason for me to feel this way, and I really don’t need anything, I’m just stating it to put it out there, yep, it’s official, and so now maybe I can do something about it. I really do hate this. The one thing I’ve noticed about myself when I’m depressed is that I tend to go numb emotionally – that might not always be a bad thing sometimes – but I have also noticed that my brain goes into ‘think’ mode – and sometimes ‘create’ mode, but either way, it gets me writing, pondering, etc. So I can’t promise this will be as interesting as a discussion for you as it probably is to my brain this morning.

But here it is anyway….

Does a story that a writer writes have to have meaning? Does it have to have a ‘purpose’? If so, is it okay for the purpose to just be to tell a story? Read the rest of this entry »

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