Negotiating with the Dead

[philosophercat]

"All writing of the narrative kind, and perhaps all writing, is motivated, deep down, by a fear of and a fascination with mortality by a desire to make the risky trip to the Underworld, and to bring something or someone back from the dead

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[philosophercat]

Very nice. In my travels I've come across only two types of advice about writing: technical and essential. I would say this is 'essential.' The Atwood one is also 'essential.' They are about why you write and how that affects what you do.