{"id":764,"date":"2025-07-30T14:17:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T12:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laurentchani.com\/?page_id=764"},"modified":"2025-09-14T17:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T15:45:13","slug":"why-write","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/pourquoi-ecrire\/","title":{"rendered":"Why write?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/@Big-Daddy-92-P.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/@Big-Daddy-92-P-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a dark suit, pipe in mouth, writes with a quill surrounded by handwritten pages and silhouettes of birds flying from the sheets; this is the science fiction novelist in the photo. | A man in a dark suit, pipe in mouth, writes with a quill surrounded by handwritten pages and silhouettes of birds flying from the sheets; this is the SF novelist in the photo.\" class=\"wp-image-3866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/@Big-Daddy-92-P-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/@Big-Daddy-92-P-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/@Big-Daddy-92-P.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-medium-font-size\">There is a time for every <strong>choice<\/strong>Mine, from now on, is that of the<strong>writing<\/strong> : the one that springs from the <strong>tumult of emotions<\/strong>, which translates the trembling of an existence and the irrepressible need to reveal my <strong>deepest desires<\/strong>, as revealed by the <strong>mirror of my soul<\/strong>. In turn <strong>author<\/strong> and <strong>spectator<\/strong>, I put down on paper the <strong>stories<\/strong> that haunt my <strong>thoughts<\/strong> - Sometimes <strong>dark<\/strong>, always imbued with<strong>adventure<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<main class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-small-font-size is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-71cdb808 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-constrained wp-block-query-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-88e01626 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:0\"><ul class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-b377334a wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1146 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-citations category-pourquoi-ecrire category-psycho-miroir\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9bc6ff26 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><figure style=\"width:150px;height:150px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/rendre-a-cesar-ce-qui-est-a-cesar\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:150px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/@Big-Daddy-64-P.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Render unto Caesar what is Caesar&#039;s\" style=\"height:150px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/@Big-Daddy-64-P.jpg 512w, https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/@Big-Daddy-64-P-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/@Big-Daddy-64-P-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h2 style=\"margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/rendre-a-cesar-ce-qui-est-a-cesar\/\" target=\"_self\" >Render unto Caesar what is Caesar&#039;s<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Interview with Robert, the Psycho-Mirror Robert: I&#039;m in a good position to observe you. And I&#039;ve noticed that you have a habit of citing your sources. Laurent: Indeed, it&#039;s a habit I&#039;ve had forever, I think. Robert: I&#039;d even say it&#039;s pathological, in your case. Laurent: It&#039;s possible. I&#039;ve always thought it was important to... <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/rendre-a-cesar-ce-qui-est-a-cesar\/\" target=\"_self\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Rendre \u00e0 C\u00e9sar ce qui est \u00e0 C\u00e9sar<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1054 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-infos-pertinentes category-pourquoi-ecrire category-psycho-miroir category-quoi-de-neuf\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9bc6ff26 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><figure style=\"width:150px;height:150px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/premier-entretien-avec-robert-le-psycho-miroir\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:150px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/big-daddy-58-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Meet Robert, the Psycho-Mirror\" style=\"height:150px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/big-daddy-58-1-1.jpg 512w, https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/big-daddy-58-1-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/big-daddy-58-1-1-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h2 style=\"margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/premier-entretien-avec-robert-le-psycho-miroir\/\" target=\"_self\" >Meet Robert, the Psycho-Mirror<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">As usual, my alarm goes off at seven in the morning. It&#039;s been buzzing for five minutes now. What if, for once, someone brought me a steaming cup of coffee in bed... I can still dream. I get up and drag myself to the bathroom. Getting out of bed, I grab my phone and take a look at... <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/premier-entretien-avec-robert-le-psycho-miroir\/\" target=\"_self\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Rencontre avec Robert, le psycho-miroir<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1024 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-anecdotes category-infos-pertinentes category-pourquoi-ecrire category-processus-decriture\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9bc6ff26 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><figure style=\"width:150px;height:150px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/franglais-versus-francais\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:150px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/big-daddy-52-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Franglais versus French\" style=\"height:150px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/big-daddy-52-1.jpg 512w, https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/big-daddy-52-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/big-daddy-52-1-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h2 style=\"margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/franglais-versus-francais\/\" target=\"_self\" >Franglais versus French<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Mastering your written language seems like a given for a writer. But is it really as simple as it seems? An author&#039;s writing must be free of spelling, grammar, and stylistic errors. In the past, we relied on thesaurus; today, the internet and AI provide valuable services. When I mention\u2026 <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/franglais-versus-francais\/\" target=\"_self\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Franglais versus Fran\u00e7ais<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1310 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-pourquoi-ecrire category-processus-decriture\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9bc6ff26 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><figure style=\"width:150px;height:150px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/a-quel-age-ai-je-commencer-a-ecrire\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:150px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/big-daddy-25-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"At what age did I start writing?\" style=\"height:150px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/big-daddy-25-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/big-daddy-25-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/big-daddy-25-1-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h2 style=\"margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/laurentchani.fr\/en\/a-quel-age-ai-je-commencer-a-ecrire\/\" target=\"_self\" >At what age did I start writing?<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">I made my first attempt when I was around twenty. I had written about a hundred pages of a science fiction story, already influenced by Frank Herbert&#039;s Dune. But I had neither the support nor the necessary perspective. 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