We try, period. Writing goes much better when we don't work at it so much. When we give ourselves permission to just hang out on the page. In our culture, writing is more often costumed up in a military outfit. Burn down the school.
Guilty pleasure is what writing is all about.
It is about attractions, words you can't resist using to describe things too interesting to pass up. And forget lofty motives. He'd moved north from Missouri. I wanted Peter to be my boyfriend. I wanted him to notice me.