Joan didion -why I write

In my opinion Joan Didion was a little hard to understand so it made the reading hard to follow. This was probably because it was hard for me to focus on the reading. I did understand a little bit though. One thing I did like that she talked about was how authors use imagery to form their story lines when they write. I thought this was interesting because when I read a story I automatically make the story into pictures in my mind to help me better understand the story. I never really thought about this but imagery goes every which way. It writes the story for the writer and it reads the story for the reader.I have to visualize almost everything in life to completely understand it. If I can not picture it in my mind, I most likely do not understand it. I also really like how she talks about that one word can change a sentence and one sentence can change a paragraph. I thought that was very interesting because I have never sat down and thought about it. One word can most definitely change a sentence. One word can turn the whole meaning of a sentence around or one word can make the sentence more hard to understand or easier to understand. It all depends. One sentence in a paragraph can do the exact same thing. Its actually really crazy to think about. Another thing that I found that was interesting or unusual was how she says "Let me tell you one thing about why writers write: had I known the answer to any of these questions I would never have needed to write a novel." I never really thought about this either. It would seem like writers would know everything they are going to write before they write but in actuality they really don't. They write their novels, etc. as the ideas or images come to their mind. Which I find very fascinating.