Why Write Fiction?

Gary Clarke · Jan 9, 2010

Thought I'd share the cartoon I did for the latest post at the insideadog residency. The topic was 'Why Do We Write Fiction'

Ken · Jan 9, 2010

... :-D
And a good reason ;-)

Gary Clarke · Jan 9, 2010

The best and only valid reason, imho!

kaitie · Jan 9, 2010

That explains why my dishes are languishing away unwashed. I likes it!

Shadow_Ferret · Jan 9, 2010

Weird. Writing doesn't help me get out of the dishes.

gothicangel · Jan 9, 2010

If I didn't wash dishes, no-one else would do it.

Saying that, the bath plug is blocked. Doing a procrastination job on that one.

MGraybosch · Jan 9, 2010

I do it because I can.
I do it because I want to.
Those are the only reasons I've ever needed.

C.M.C. · Jan 9, 2010

Because reality is less fun?

Maxinquaye · Jan 9, 2010

Because we're all really mad and really ought to learn plumbing instead if we were rational?

icerose · Jan 9, 2010

I'm in it for the money.

/end silliness

kuwisdelu · Jan 9, 2010

I do it for the groupies.

Libbie · Jan 9, 2010

Great cartoon, Gary!

Jamesaritchie · Jan 9, 2010

Good cartoon. Sort of reminds me of something I read somewhere. "Dust is an extra layer of protection for fine furniture."

LuckyH · Jan 9, 2010

How can you write something profound when faced with a cartoon and you can’t draw? And how can you sensibly follow dishes and dust?

I give up. I do it for the money, too.

Hedgetrimmer · Jan 9, 2010

Funny cartoon. Me? I do it 'cause creative sounds better than crazy.

Dave.C.Robinson · Jan 9, 2010

gothicangel said:
If I didn't wash dishes, no-one else would do it.

Saying that, the bath plug is blocked. Doing a procrastination job on that one.

I already cleared the bathtub drain and fixed both toilets.

So I pretty much have to write fiction. (That and I need money - and the piece I'm working on is already contracted.)

MGraybosch · Jan 9, 2010

Maxinquaye said:
Because we're all really mad and really ought to learn plumbing instead if we were rational?

It's sensible to have a trade you can practice to pay the bills until you make it big. But I chose computer programming instead of plumbing.

Jamesaritchie · Jan 9, 2010

MGraybosch said:
It's sensible to have a trade you can practice to pay the bills until you make it big. But I chose computer programming instead of plumbing.

Have you checked how much plumbers earn these days? If you're a plumber, you already are big.

smcc360 · Jan 9, 2010

That's an awesome cartoon. I like your drawing style.

And my fiction is all thinly-veiled autobiography, anyway.

Gary Clarke · Jan 9, 2010

smcc360 said:
That's an awesome cartoon. I like your drawing style.

Thanks so much!

smcc360 said:
And my fiction is all thinly-veiled autobiography, anyway.

SO's my cartoon!

Xelebes · Jan 9, 2010

I personally do it to kill time and keep me busy - to keep me from staying on the internet too much. It's not having much success with the latter but I can try my darnedest, can I not?

BenPanced · Jan 9, 2010

I write because it keeps me off teh intarwebz.

C.bronco · Jan 9, 2010

I write fiction because it entertains me.

Wordwrestler · Jan 9, 2010

I don't have cable. I have to entertain myself somehow!

MGraybosch · Jan 9, 2010

Jamesaritchie said:
Have you checked how much plumbers earn these days? If you're a plumber, you already are big.

If you have nothing to gain by hiding your assets in the Cayman Islands, you haven't made it big. :evil

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