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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 Shelley Shockley on October 20, 2011 at 12:41pm -
I write to add clarity to my life, color and flavor to the world of others and ultimately produce pieces that resonate and may bring about change.
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Comment by Madison Sonnier on October 20, 2011 at 12:40pm -
I write because it is the only thing that makes sense for me to do. And I can be me.
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Comment by LeeAnna Suzanne Holt on October 20, 2011 at 12:31pm -
I write because it gives me the opportunity to create. For a moment, I am a god.
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Comment by Laurie Snow Turner on October 20, 2011 at 12:30pm -
Writing brings clarity and helps me access myself, which teaches me who I really am.
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Comment by Valerie Brooks on October 20, 2011 at 12:14pm -
I write because I have no choice. If I don't, I die.
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Comment by Lynne Favreau on October 20, 2011 at 12:11pm -
I want to move, scare, anger, enlighten, amuse, enrich, confuse, educate, understand, nurture, buoy, vex, and influence you.
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Comment by Carol Egbert on October 20, 2011 at 12:10pm -
Writing is gathering words to trap feelings, hold memories, expand ideas, shrink the dark and celebrate the light.
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Comment by morgan on October 20, 2011 at 12:09pm
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I write because I am a writer.
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Comment by Gerda Govine on October 20, 2011 at 12:09pm
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Writing unearth the words buried inside and provide the illumination needed to see clearly and embrace the road ahead wherever it leads.
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Comment by Sabine Amend on October 20, 2011 at 12:05pm -
It is movement over fire: The pot cannot hold together anymore unless some steam gets released into a larger space.
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