An admirable line of Pablo Neruda’s, “My creatures are born of a long denial, ” seems to me the best definition of writing as a kind of exorcism, casting off invading creatures by projecting them into universal existence, keeping them on the other side of the bridge… It may be exaggerating to say that all completely successful short stories, especially fantastic stories, are products of neurosis, nightmares or hallucination neutralized through objectification and translated to a medium outside the neurotic terrain. This polarization can be found in any memorable short story, as if the author, wanting to rid himself of his creature as soon and as absolutely as possible, exorcises it the only way he can: by writing it.Anonymous
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In the quote, "writing as a kind of exorcism, casting off invading creatures by projecting them into universal existence", the writer is saying that writing is the only way to get rid of your demons. By putting them outside of you and allowing them to exist in real life, they will be gone forever. When you write down all of your fears and worries you are giving yourself power over these things. You are giving them the chance to live in the world without you. If they are not real, then they cannot hurt you because they don't exist.
Source: Around The Day In Eighty Worlds
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