Every person has a different way to prepare to write. Writing processes can vary from one person to another. What makes some comfort and what they use to prepare to get to writing is an example of this. William Stafford and Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca where both from very different time periods from myself, but I can easily relate to their writing processes. To start off with author William Powers in his sixth chapter of his book Hamlet’s Blackberry mentions Roman philosopher Seneca. Seneca was a scholar of his time and left behind amazing work about how to create a happy and good life. “He believed the primary mission of philosophy should be to offer people practical advice on how to live better” (Powers 108). The writing process
