notes on a project I might do eventually

I found this today in an old file, notes on a paper I was working on. I'm still interested in the subject, though it's quite broad. I guess this is why I now claim to specialize in narrative theory--though what exactly that *means* is a matter of debate.

"One of the things that fascinates me about writers is their apparent evidences of the writing act within the text, there self?awareness of their project. And the possibilities of writing. Psychological benefits plus material. But the psychological aspect?that's what I'm really interested in. How can a writer use the writing act to define their identity? How do they establish themselves as writers? How do women, especially, negotiate the strumpery of the marketplace with the soulful inward worlds? How do they define themselves within their texts? I'm interested in prologues for that?Anne Bronte's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall has a lovely prologue that says first, the story is based on truth,and second, it doesn't matter if I'm a man or a woman, but I'm amused by your wondering. To what extent would an author BE amused?"