Why We Write

Why I give a crap about popular culture is hard to explain sometimes. Fortunately, there's a beautiful, touching essay over at Murderati that comes close.

My favorite bit:

Story-telling has been around for millennia for a reason--we need to connect. We need to both transport somewhere other than our own daily circumstances and to connect to others, to know that someone out there understands us. Understands our fears, our desires. We need to escape, without physically abandoning our family and friends. Stories do that. We need the hope, the connection, the dream.