Challenge
Writing for Writers
What does the phrase "writing for readers instead of writers" mean to you?
Universe
Inside my brain is a universe.
It could be two or three, really,
There are enough planets and galaxies.
It's enough space to get lost in,
or scare someone off.
If I wrote for writers, I would
Describe the world, in so much
Detail it would scare away
Almost anyone without a universe
of their own.
When I write for readers, I
Instead condense it into simple
Forms, easy to understand and
With only as much detail as
is truly needed.
When I write for myself,
The words seem to come
Off the page, wrap around
My mind, into three-
dimensional life.
To write for my readers is
To cut myself short, to
Abridge my characters and
Their lives, to give but an ounce
of what's happening.
But I guess
That just means
I need to write
More books, not
Longer ones.
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