It's been a bit since anyone posted in the discussion thread. I've read the calling card posts over and over and the one thing that has impressed me the most is that for the "calling card" it seems the common denominator is an internal, personal satisfaction of either form or content or both that is specific to the author. And because that seems to be true, the calling card thread reflects back to several other threads I've looked at: How Abstract Poetry Makes You Feel and something in the Novel Writing Thread. There is a place, within a writer, that has to be satisfied with a written piece. The piece has to originate there to be authentically born of that writer. And then, that which has been created looks for validation and affirmation. Through these different sites, I've personally come to the conclusion that it is an innate need that all writers have, "to belong", that compels them to write. All else, fame and fortune, are incidental, albeit, desirable.
