Have you ever felt like the world makes little sense and therefore nothing means anything? In a similar post, I talked about futility in Ray Bradbury’s short story “Kaleidoscope.” The story tells us that at the end of our lives, the reasons for living and being present are varied…or nonexistent. In this post, I would like to take a deeper look at the idea of “futility” in writing. We will do this in order to examine its effect on stories and the struggles of famous writers.