didion-why i write

I definitely found this week's article to be much more interesting and easy to read compared to last week, thank you. I agreed with Didion where she explained that when a person writes it forces the reader to see things in the writers perspective. I never really thought about writing that way, but I can totally agree with the point she is making. I in a way found it humorous about why she stole her title to explain her passage is going to be about why she writes and nothing else. Sometimes I feel like I can get off track very easily with my writing and my title or thesis statement kind of helps pull me back into what is the point I am trying to make and to help keep me on track, just like Didion was trying to say. I like that about writing that the reader has to listen to the beliefs you have and they cannot argue with you. I thought it was interesting that Didion is a very descriptive writer. She really makes you imagine the things she is trying to describe and almost put you there with her in the setting she is describing. I found it sort of strange the way that Didion used pictures so often. I did not realize that some writers imagine pictures and objects so often when she writes. It almost sounds as if she creates this story in her head and then just write down everything she came up with in her head on paper. I do not think I could ever be as creative as she is.