From the "What's Holding You Back?" Writing Challenge Series
I love this episode! This is stellar <3
"The point is to make more art. Boom!"
Why We write
1. It’s meditative
2. The company: My writing is always with me
3. I’m never bored
4. Spiritual component
5 Meet parts of myself I didn’t know yet
6. Get to express what I believe
7. Learn new things with research
8. Gain heighten awareness of our world
9. Gives life more purpose
10. Do over: We get a chance to process our experiences
11. Makes us more empathic
12. Can escape reality
13. Gain that joy of getting a phrase or sentence right
14. Get to tell stories not often told
15. Leave my story behind for friends and family
16. See myself improve
17. Learn to trust myself, my abilities and learn to trust others (like editors), too
18. Can lose myself, give myself over to my writing
19. Can connect with others I might not otherwise have a chance to
20. Joy of marking improvement and growth
21. When we catch ourselves writing something funny! Adding joy to the world
22. That joy we feel when a reader sees something profound in our work. We’re brilliant!
23. It’s fun
24. To make ourselves cry
25. I get to be the boss/empress of my world
26. It’s free
27. Gives me purpose
28 I can work from home in my sweats surrounded by my cats (or cuddly dog).
This was a really great topic to 'send us out on'. Thank you!
One of the great joys and delights of writing is that there's no shame in crying, getting upset, laughing with or at oneself and others on the page, or emptying one's basket.
Fantastic question.
I love this episode! This is stellar <3
"The point is to make more art. Boom!"
Why We write
1. It’s meditative
2. The company: My writing is always with me
3. I’m never bored
4. Spiritual component
5 Meet parts of myself I didn’t know yet
6. Get to express what I believe
7. Learn new things with research
8. Gain heighten awareness of our world
9. Gives life more purpose
10. Do over: We get a chance to process our experiences
11. Makes us more empathic
12. Can escape reality
13. Gain that joy of getting a phrase or sentence right
14. Get to tell stories not often told
15. Leave my story behind for friends and family
16. See myself improve
17. Learn to trust myself, my abilities and learn to trust others (like editors), too
18. Can lose myself, give myself over to my writing
19. Can connect with others I might not otherwise have a chance to
20. Joy of marking improvement and growth
21. When we catch ourselves writing something funny! Adding joy to the world
22. That joy we feel when a reader sees something profound in our work. We’re brilliant!
23. It’s fun
24. To make ourselves cry
25. I get to be the boss/empress of my world
26. It’s free
27. Gives me purpose
28 I can work from home in my sweats surrounded by my cats (or cuddly dog).
This was a really great topic to 'send us out on'. Thank you!
One of the great joys and delights of writing is that there's no shame in crying, getting upset, laughing with or at oneself and others on the page, or emptying one's basket.
Fantastic question.