Purpose gives direction to your work and life. If you decide to run in marathons, you’ll immediately begin to run progressively more miles, get more sleep, improve your eating habits, and perhaps read running magazines. Your decision to run in marathons gives you direction. In writing, it is the same: You must develop a central focus (or thesis, as it’s called in writing) to set you on your hunting path.
Let’s say your initial idea was simply computers. Without focus, your hunt would involve interviewing thousands of people and reading hundreds, maybe even thousands, of books and periodicals, not to mention scouring Internet material. Who knows if you’d ever get anywhere. Your focus would be considerably narrowed ...
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