Up: [[Sharing]] Created: 2024-02-18 > [!Orbit] Elizabeth Gilbert in *Big Magic* > Whenever anybody tells me they want to write a book in order to help other people, I always think, *Oh, please don’t.* Please don’t try to help me. I mean, it is very kind of you to want to help people, but please don’t make it your sole creative motive, because we will feel the weight of your heavy intention, and it will put a strain upon our souls. I wonder if this is a reason I've always wished that I wrote fiction. My nonfiction books were very much about helping teachers and administrators and adolescents. [[What Writing Used to Be For Me]] was indeed filled with heavy intention.