Comments on: Voices http://www.petervbrett.com/2008/05/19/voices/ Official Site of Peter V Brett, Author Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:30:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Myke http://www.petervbrett.com/2008/05/19/voices/comment-page-1/#comment-2211 Myke Mon, 19 May 2008 21:03:42 +0000 http://petervbrett.com/blog/2008/05/19/voices/#comment-2211 "When I meet people, I always try to figure out what makes them tick. What their motivations are, what goals they’ve set, and what they are willing to do to reach them. Why do they love what they love, or hate what they hate? What is their everyday life like, and how is that different from mine? What can I LEARN from this person, and thus enrich my own life?" I don't think most people do this. I think here, in this thing that is so natural to you, lies your greatest strength as a writer. . . and also as a person. It is an inherently egoless process. I think most people look at others through the lens of their own goals. You are one of the few people I know who looks at others through the lens of their own goals. That's rare. Perhaps it wasn't always innate in you. It is now. “When I meet people, I always try to figure out what makes them tick. What their motivations are, what goals they’ve set, and what they are willing to do to reach them. Why do they love what they love, or hate what they hate? What is their everyday life like, and how is that different from mine? What can I LEARN from this person, and thus enrich my own life?”

I don’t think most people do this. I think here, in this thing that is so natural to you, lies your greatest strength as a writer. . . and also as a person. It is an inherently egoless process. I think most people look at others through the lens of their own goals. You are one of the few people I know who looks at others through the lens of their own goals.

That’s rare. Perhaps it wasn’t always innate in you. It is now.

]]>