I’m curious.
Why do writers write? Really?
Is it for the money?
Fame or acknowledgment?
Just to see something published?
To change the world?
Tell me.
Why do you write?
(1st appeared on A writer and her adolescent muse)
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Comment by Carrie Ann Golden on February 7, 2013 at 3:47am Beautiful! I know if I don't write, I'd feel like I could go mad!
Comment by Rhonda Mitchell on February 6, 2013 at 10:53am I write because I have to, because blank space on a page, a napkin, a screen calls for the ink inside me to spread into spidery lines, echoing the thoughts in my head. I write because I don't paint, sculpt, or sing as well as I write. I write because sometimes I'm really happy and the page wants to hear me. I write because I'm really sad and the page comforts me. I write because I see you and you, and you, too. And I like what I see and I want to capture the cadence of your walk, your speech, the way you eat your cereal, how you look when you've got a secret. How your eyes dance slow when something is sad. I write because...
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