After reading what Anais Nin has to say about writing, I’m convinced that she’s right about the indispensability of the subconscious and its language of poetry, metaphor, metanym, symbol and image. At first, I thought that this insight would only have a personal value to me, but it would not be something I would use in my writing. After all, I want to write more along the lines of science fiction. I’m not that great at writing poetry, and I want to write about new subjects, not just old subjects with new style. Not only that, but I thought that since the content of my writing wil be so strange, the medium for conveying it should be clear. Otherwise, it may just be confusing. But now I’m trying to think of ways to integrate a more lyrical style of writing into science fiction. There are a few examples of this type of style around. The Martian Chronicles and Einstein’s Dreams both come to mind.