History is written by writers
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“They” say history is written by the winners of wars. But really, history is written by writers. Writers often write to observe humanity and preserve a space in time. Seconds, minutes, years, all can be preserved by the pen. Seconds may be experienced as hours, hours as minutes. Time can be manipulated by the skilled writer, shortened and expanded at will.
And so too, can humanity be manipulated. A writer’s work leaves a mark. Whether a history book, a trashy romance novel, a dollar store paperback western, or a classic tome, all tell the story of the time in which they were written, as well as the time which they are written about. All writing serves a purpose. Sometimes our writing serves the purpose we intend.
~Mandy
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I like the idea of writing history…..even in a novel, there is indeed history.
January 3, 2012 at 3:16 pm
Everything as it passes from the present to the past is history; some people/events become important within history and are written about others fade into oblivion and are never written about.
January 4, 2012 at 2:57 am