I can definitely say I am afraid of writing. I sometimes fear that my arguments aren't strong enough or my point will not get across to the reader. You have a big responsibility as a writer; you must captivate your readers attention. If you bore your readers, they will simply put down the paper. They don't owe you anything. You owe them something because they are taking time out of their busy day to read your work.
I take writing seriously, but not as seriously as Jacques Derrida. I don't have nightmares about being a cruel or evil person. In my opinion, writing should not be something that keeps you up all night with sweats. That is not to say you should take it lightly either. You must find that happy medium, and that medium may be different for each writer. I am able to write well without driving myself crazy, but others might need to stress themselves out in order to get one sentence down on paper. For Derrida, I believe his anxiety was a huge part of his writing. He was so accustomed to it that he might not have been an excellent writer without it.
Your writing here flows and is easy for me to read. It definitely held my interest; you presented information that I could relate to. The fact that I was able to identify with your post, as well as the grammatical cohesion of the it kept me reading.
ReplyDeleteI chuckled when I read the part about Jacques Derrida. He must have made writing his destiny and his purpose for him to stress out about it so much.