1) To embrace life
"Had I not gotten this story out of me and out into the world, so that it could exist as a separate entity outside of all of us, it would have suffocated my chances of living."
2) To grow as a person
"I didn't doubt myself as much. I felt good about what I'd written...There's nothing worse than not being yourself, and I couldn't have started becoming myself until I got this out of me."
3) To learn
"I hoped in writing about this, my family would merely be characters in a book. Characters who couldn't hurt me anymore. Characters I could control. Then the book was released and my characters began to react, to offer support, to protest, to call constantly and to stop calling, to offer love and then take that love away. My characters are people, and despite my intent and desire to disengage with them, the publication of House Rules brought me closer."
4) To gain a deeper understanding of her mother, father, and sister
"In making them characters I found the distance I needed to step back and see clearly, to try and understand their intentions and struggles and love."
5) To find freedom
"House Rules was not the baring of my soul, but the release of all that was holding me hostage to my past...I wrote the book to free myself."
"Had I not gotten this story out of me and out into the world, so that it could exist as a separate entity outside of all of us, it would have suffocated my chances of living."
2) To grow as a person
"I didn't doubt myself as much. I felt good about what I'd written...There's nothing worse than not being yourself, and I couldn't have started becoming myself until I got this out of me."
3) To learn
"I hoped in writing about this, my family would merely be characters in a book. Characters who couldn't hurt me anymore. Characters I could control. Then the book was released and my characters began to react, to offer support, to protest, to call constantly and to stop calling, to offer love and then take that love away. My characters are people, and despite my intent and desire to disengage with them, the publication of House Rules brought me closer."
4) To gain a deeper understanding of her mother, father, and sister
"In making them characters I found the distance I needed to step back and see clearly, to try and understand their intentions and struggles and love."
5) To find freedom
"House Rules was not the baring of my soul, but the release of all that was holding me hostage to my past...I wrote the book to free myself."
~~Quotes are from Coming Closer in the Distance by Rachel Sontag. This insightful essay is included in the paperback edition of House Rules.~~
1 comments:
What wonderful reasons to write! I hope every book you write furnishes you with the same great reasons. Best of luck to you.
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