Writers as Characters in Stories

Why do writers so often write about writers? Well, in part, I’m sure it’s because writers like writers. But I think it’s more than that. Consciously or not, doesn’t everyone see themselves as a writer, at least hypothetically? There’s something we’d all like to put on paper, to immortalize, some piece of ourselves. And, even if we don’t devote ourselves to the pursuit of that goal, it’s in the back of our minds. It’s easy to connect to the concept of being a writer. What a fantasy it is in and of itself, to imagine creating a fantasy – even one based on the realities of life. Whether it be to escape from the bitterness of the experience by putting it into the abstract realm of stories or to voice an injustice that has gone unseen, we all have something to write about. Do you agree?