Stafford Response

What, if anything, has he said that’s made an impression on you?

    Stafford mentions that as a writer, maybe we shouldn’t try to write something that everyone will like. When he said that, it sounded very right. As a reader, more than a writer, just because I might like one story, or a poem from a specific writer, doesn’t mean that I will like everything else that author has or will write in the future.

    I personally think that one should focus more on the importance of the message to oneself, or to others, other than on the importance to make everyone like the story. We've all had experiences, living in the same world, we are sure to relate to one another. In which case, if our goal is to have our reader feel what we feel, we shouldn’t have to try too hard to make a piece of writing perfect, but stay true to our actual feelings, to show the reader what we feel.

    That being said, I do know for a fact that we all would like for our writing to be liked and enjoyed. In which case, is makes sense that our goal, when writing, is to make the audience like it.