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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
What's yours?
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Comment by Yejide Kilanko on October 20, 2011 at 11:11am -
I write because it gives me a legitimate reason to have long intimate conversations with the many voices in my head. Because it colours life with splashes of blue and sprinkles of yellow. Because it opened the doors to the many places I was not brave enough to go.
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Comment by Jan Nerenberg on October 20, 2011 at 11:09am -
Why I Write:
Words simmer and seethe, slide against one another, spark thought, ignite the dark, people a world, rush to the brink, spill in cascades, glitter in the fall – shards, mirrors of self, of universe, of truth. I write because I cannot contain.
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Comment by Celeste Miller on October 20, 2011 at 10:59am -
Writing allows me to develop, revis and finalize my thoughts, feelings and ideas before ever sharing them with anyone else. Writing is sculpture without the mess.
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Comment by Hope Roberson on October 20, 2011 at 10:56am -
I started writing when I became a stay-at-home mom and needed an outlet. Writing has evolved into a place for me to get lost in another scene, life, world, or dream. I love it.
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Comment by Annette O. Bigler on October 20, 2011 at 10:55am -
Being a rather shy person I soar when I write. I get a high like drinking expensive champagne but without the hangover. When I am prevented from writing I suffer withdrawal pains.
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Comment by Mindy Allen on October 20, 2011 at 10:50am -
Every piece I write is my "thank you letter" to God for giving me a purpose and a gift!
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Comment by Robin Lelani on October 20, 2011 at 10:48am -
I write because it sheds the sunny daylight on and is the 'Living-Out-Loud' visual expression of my seasoned night song, always with me, expressing as it chooses; Sometimes poetic, other times gritty and stark or haunting, but always real.
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Comment by Anna Leahy on October 20, 2011 at 10:45am -
Why write? To find the place where curiosity feeds the cat. To create this place together. To remake ourselves, our word each day.
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Comment by Judith van Praag on October 20, 2011 at 10:44am -
Gosh you got me going on Twitter all right.
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Comment by NaKesha Brown on October 20, 2011 at 10:34am -
The true answer...I'd probably be schizophrenic if I didn't. I swear at one time I have at least two different ideas running through my head. Writing is my escape (like reading). Writing allows me to create characters and situations different from my life. It allows me to leave my current problems behind. Writing is how I communicate. I tend to be a better writer then talker. The one thing I can always depend on is a pen and a piece of paper. You will never find me without either.
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