tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508041283408288663.post6825455176855666895..comments2024-03-01T03:20:00.160-05:00Comments on THE WRITER'S DEN: TheWritersDenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11906707226438261959noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508041283408288663.post-52595212396723864112012-09-08T23:40:12.956-04:002012-09-08T23:40:12.956-04:00Sorry! Numbers are very abstract to me. I'll ...Sorry! Numbers are very abstract to me. I'll fix it ... =)TheWritersDenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11906707226438261959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508041283408288663.post-51006474680684861282012-09-07T08:18:24.519-04:002012-09-07T08:18:24.519-04:00You got the number wrong. I said "over 1,000 ...You got the number wrong. I said "over 1,000 books". Five times in my life, I counted how many books I have read. That's how I know. Yesterday I was remembering how many books I read exactly, and it would be impossible to tell. I would say 1,100 to 1,200. When you get used to read, reading is like breathing, a necessity. Perhaps, the important question is not "How many books have we read?" but this one: "How many of those books we have already read were (after being read) worth reading?" Then, that number is reduced by 1/2 or 1/3 (Perhaps 1/4?).<br /><br />The other point to consider here is "Why people write?" In my case, to express with words something that was not yet written. Who wants to write something already written, copying Stephen King, for instance. There is so much to tell in life, beyond what we do in everyday life. Usually life needs a little help from us, to make it more bearable. Thus fiction has to contain myth. That's why the business of religion is so valuable these days. People want to believe on what we, as writers, say. They don't want to read a description of an event, but fiction that takes them away, far away, from reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com