I think it’s good, actually, to not know why you’re writing something. To have an idea already mapped out in your head can be really lethal. Writing is an act of discovery, and if you know already where you’re going then why do you have to write it? I think it’s best to have no idea why you’re writing something, to feel uneasy about it, to feel like you’re not doing the right thing. To feel lost.
Nick Flynn
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Leigh Stein is the author of the novel THE FALLBACK PLAN, and a book of poems, DISPATCH FROM THE FUTURE. She has been writing about her life on the Internet since 1999, and is currently working on a non-fiction project about grief and digital mourning.
