Why writers write.

  a.)    Patty thought he could get one over on me, ha. Poor boy was swimming with lead weights. If the job would have gone down as planned the kid would have made some good money too. O'Toole found him trying to get to London. Patty was shot for his betrayal, and O'Toole gave us more money for the trouble. In the end I'm happy with it all.


b.) I chose 3rd person so that I can describe things characters could not. I was able to tell backstory and what my character was thinking. I was very comfortable writing in this point of view.


This week I read 2 more stories by W. Somerset Maugham. The ant and the grasshopper, and Mr. know all. I really enjoyed the first story since it had tons of tension and great character development. The second story; Mr. know all felt kind of dull when comparing it to The ant and the grasshopper.
Both stories were realistic narrative fiction. In both stories there are characters that people do not like. In the ant and the grasshopper this unlikable character, comes from George, the brother that seemingly can't lose despite living by borrowing money from everybody. The second is about a man named Mr. Kelada that gives off the impression of a "know it all." There seems to be a connection in both stories about public perception.

From reading a few short stories from Maugham I get the sense that he writes them to talk about life and lessons that go with that as quickly and efficiently as possible. When I write short stories I like to simply entertain not really spread a message. We both have reasons as to why we write shorts, but what we do have in common is writing out of enjoyment for the art.

Maughams writing style is mostly about life and the many feelings and actions that it involves; murder, envy, love. There is variances in his work since not all tell the same story. The ant and the grasshopper is about envy and feeling like a black sheep. Rain was about the covering up of a murder within a group of shipwrecked people. I definitely see my style of writing in some of his darker stories since that is what I enjoy writing.