Everyday Canvas

A Writer's Sight or Insight

Prompt: "The true painter strives to paint what can only be seen through his world." Andre Malraux Do you think this applies to writers and words as well as painters? Write anything you want about this.

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That is true. The quote does apply, but it also applies to our imagination’s sight and insight.

If I am writing something fictional, I can only write what I can see, feel, and imagine. I think that is why most of us writers have as their main character in a story, a writer or someone who is working in a vocation similar to the day-job they have. Or else an enormous amount of extensive research is waiting for them with dubious results.

If I am a writer of realistic fiction, don’t ask me to write about a brain surgeon, and astronomer, or a computer geek. I can still write stories about those people, but I’ll either need help from people in those jobs or I’ll imagine their life and omit a lot of important facts.

I can also see in my imagination’s sight other realms, universes, or fantastic beings, but still, into them, I’ll reflect my ideas, feelings, and experiences.