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More People Should Write
If you’re doubting my assertion that it’s more important to write with an authentic voice than it is to write with an interesting topic in mind, I’d challenge you to write something that means nothing to you at all.
Jeff Tweedy • How to Write One Song
Writing is not a cure-all. But it does invite us to reconnect with our memory, to make meaning of our unique experience and sometimes to speak the truth we didn’t feel we could speak anywhere else.
Allison Fallon • The Power of Writing It Down: A Simple Habit to Unlock Your Brain and Reimagine Your Life
When I thought about why I write, I came up with many reasons. I do it because it is how I make sense of the world. I do it because it makes me feel connected in a profound way. I do it because it feels good. But perhaps most significantly, I am a better, more awake version of myself for having written. I feel recharged, and I have more patience, c
... See moreBeth Kempton • The Way of the Fearless Writer: Mindful Wisdom for a Flourishing Writing Life
That’s the promise: you will live more curiously if you write. You will become a scientist, if not of the natural world than of whatever world you care about. More of that world will pop alive. You will see more when you look at it.
James Somers • JamesSomers – More people should write
The act of writing is helpful and doing it in public even more so. Regular writing, even for an audience of one, makes curiosity a habit, not a personality type.