Feeling the Suction of the Read

When it's a good story, and I'm starting to get hooked, I'll feel the writer taking me under his/her/their wing as if the story was written just for me. The author will say things that will disarm me, and break down my walls. They'll keep me interested by taking risks that make me gasp by their audacious honesty that exhume my buried recesses. When I get that buddy buddy camaraderie thing going that's when I feel like I can finally unmoor myself from my physical reality and let the magic begin.

I love dark humor, and characters that feel authentic and could live in my own reality. I'm not really enthralled with fantasy, because I feel like I'm avoiding the strife of everyday living much like Americans ignore the plight of the world with high-tech distractions and their worship of celebrity lifestyles. There are some fantastical stories that I can read, but they have to still harken back through the characters to real life dialogue and ways of thinking. Science Fiction is an example of this because it's a fantastical different time and place, but it addresses problems we are dealing with nowadays. I can dig erotic writing too, and can become engaged in it because sex is a fantastical magic that sprouts from reality.

Feeling the great suction of the read I can hear the whistling in my ears and take off to another dimension! This is the enchanting power that the good writer has over the reader, especially if they choose to invoke the responsibility of being a good writer. This is part of the reason that I write; because I want to pick up the cross of the great writer's and hold people's attention with the words at my disposal like an old man feeding the ducks crusts of bread at the pond. It's also the reason I struggle with writer's block, which is not a bad thing to struggle; it just means you need time to regroup. To become a great writer takes years of work, and most importantly the ability to read other people's writings. The more books you read the more you write! I'm so happy there's so many great writers in the world to choose from!

11/22/23

Bunny Villaire