http://blog.coldcaseinellyson.com/2010/05/17/my-kids-arent-writers-and-im-going-to-have-to-live-with-that/ conversations with susan anderson Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:51:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.coldcaseinellyson.com/2010/05/17/my-kids-arent-writers-and-im-going-to-have-to-live-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Michael Mollick Sat, 05 Jun 2010 17:56:29 +0000 http://blog.coldcaseinellyson.com/?p=164#comment-166 What, are you crazy Susan? Wanting your kids to be a writer? Living half of their life in make-believe worlds, totally alone, eeking out an existence on little or no pay... I'm inclined to believe and hope that the desire to write is a mutation born soley out of rare human conditions and not subject to genetic familial heredity. The creativity gene passes on automatically, hopefully manifesting in rich and productive ways. The human mechanism for counteracting any gene for obsessive storytelling can usually be labeled as 'teenage rebellion' and thank God for it! What, are you crazy Susan? Wanting your kids to be a writer? Living half of their life in make-believe worlds, totally alone, eeking out an existence on little or no pay… I’m inclined to believe and hope that the desire to write is a mutation born soley out of rare human conditions and not subject to genetic familial heredity. The creativity gene passes on automatically, hopefully manifesting in rich and productive ways. The human mechanism for counteracting any gene for obsessive storytelling can usually be labeled as ‘teenage rebellion’ and thank God for it!

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