Tell Us: Why Do You Write?

Today is The National Day On Writing. No, really, it is. It was officially declared to be so by the Congress, so you know it's for real, and it's sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English. To mark the day, they have posed a question to the world, or at least the world of writers (that would be our world): Why Do You Write?

I love this question, and I love the answers it brings. We had a wonderful six-word memoir contest (inspired by the six-word memoir project at Smith Magazine) on this very subject, and I invite you all to answer it in a new form on She Writes today: tell us why you write in 140 characters or less. That way you can get in on the action (if you are a Twitter user) by tweeting your answer as well and marking it with the hashtag #whyiwrite. Our friends at the YA site Figment.com are participating, as is the The New York Times Learning Network and many others, so we will all be in very good company.

My answer?

Writing is my leap of faith in the face of impermanence and loss, my hope that it is possible to ease pain by speaking truth. #whyiwrite

(Amen, Rahna.)

What's yours?

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Comment by Elizabeth Trimble on October 20, 2011 at 9:39am: I write because writing eases my soul. It's my calm in a stormy sea. I write because it makes me happy.

Comment by Mary E. Reynolds on October 20, 2011 at 9:38am: To bring smiles and inspire adventures big and small.

Comment by Elaine Hall on October 20, 2011 at 9:35am: I write because I have to. I write so I don't go crazy. I write to hear G-d's voice guiding me to my highest good so that I can be my best and so that I can serve others.

Comment by Jeanne Nicholas on October 20, 2011 at 9:32am: I write to make you feel me!

Comment by T. Stores on October 20, 2011 at 9:32am: I write to turn my face and the eyes of others toward mortality, that story hidden in a cloak, that dark conflict we all forget so constantly and so well.

Comment by Cassandra Dunn on October 20, 2011 at 9:30am: I write because within the quiet space of words I feel the most at peace.

Comment by Rebecca Hughes Parker on October 20, 2011 at 9:26am: I write to to share my opinions and experiences to help both others and myself better understand our world and ourselves.

Comment by Katharine L. Wiegele on October 20, 2011 at 9:24am: I write to step back from the constant rush that is the stream of life. I write to sit on the bank, contemplate the steady flow of water and the forest around it with all of my senses and all of my past. In this reflection, I am more alive.

Comment by Marti Rulli on October 20, 2011 at 9:23am: I am, you are, therefore I write. Daily life is fascinating, impossible to ignore. Aim to capture, savor, learn from each existing moment. Share. Write the art of life.

Comment by Elaine Taber on October 20, 2011 at 9:22am: I feel good when I share my thoughts and ideas with others.

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