Mystery

“Writing is a mysterious activity.” Susan Sontag, the late American author.

I don’t get it. I wrote a short story in junior high that my teacher published and a poem that a high school instructor particularly liked.

I cannot do sophisticated physics and was challenged by organic chemistry. But give me a chance to write fiction or nonfiction and the piece is usually appreciated, thank God.

I have learned writing techniques, rules and guidelines, but, at its heart, why people enjoy my writing is a mystery.