NAME:
                                  Arsin Devaila

PERSONAL MOTTO:

                                   • To be assertive does not require aggression nor hostility as some assume.

                                   • People usually go through fantastic story ideas, whereas they try to put those ideas into words. They often think of stories, they fall back on stereotypes. The readers see the writer as a tormented genius who places a darkened room as a storm rages outside. As lightning strikes, so does inspiration. Writers often have to do research, a journalist needs to check the facts, a historian must examine records from the period he is writing about, a science-fiction writer wants to be sure that the word that they are about to create is unbelievable. Some writers do all their own research, but sometimes companies hire researchers to do the work for their writers. People love stories. We have told stories in times of havoc and destruction as well as in times of peace and prosperity. We never run out of stories because storytellers constantly replenish our supply. Perhaps this is because sad stories are rarely told to demoralize that we are often reading the happy endings. Stories may stir our emotions and move us to action. Stories are written to show and explain what is in the author's mind and the reader is to be entertained and serve a purpose to imagine the story line. To me, having to write stories is a fantastic talent and I wish to hold onto it for as long as possible.