I choose to look into Alice Hoffman's perspective on writing. I do find myself agreeing with her story, and her interpretation of writing and writers. She says they are writers at the core, and write to find meaning in the world. Good or bad, the writer inside of her had to come out-- and do what it does best--write, imagine, create. While I see that as a truth for all writers that I have ever met in my life, I found myself in awe at her personal strength and honesty.
She gave an amazing portrayal of any person during a time of crisis by offering up stores of her closest family members all stricken with the same illness. One became a grandmother, while another became a researcher-- I found this part extremely inspirational. That at our hardest and most defeated times we become who we truly are. When we are stressed, and pushed to limits we never would have imagined both emotional and physical we become a stronger version of ourselves.
In relation to social media, my thinking has changed a bit-- that stories like Alice's are how a lot of bloggers and social media writers consider their writing-- something to find purpose in to world. Not just to post mundane events like many outsiders believe, but rather input some creativity and honesty into the world.
