Turning the Key

For me writing has always been like driving a car. You just turn the key and it starts. Now i know a lot of people are saying, "But Meg, it's not that simple! There is a lot more going on than just you turning the key!". Well, I know that, the way i see it is as long as the car starts I'm good. My behavior towards my writing has often followed the same philosophy: I put pen to paper and it just happens.
Now of course, my "car" is not perfect, I sometimes get my ideas out there so fast that i don't pay attention to accidentals like grammar or punctuation, but i digress. Reading these chapters was very enlightening to me, because it was like seeing all the gears in the car. Some of these elements, like stance and audience, have always been instinct. In contrast the section on genre really gave me a lot to think about.
Chapter 6 really got me excited though, because narratives are my favorite form of writing. And i also love to read and really enjoyed the sample stories, especially the one about the man and his father. I'm big about last lines, that comes from forensics, I've seen how powerful they can be. And his last line, "I am trapped there still." really reached me and had me reeling even as I closed the book 12 pages later.