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The Three Types of Writing
Personally, writing is not how I analyze how I feel; writing is how I resolve how I feel. I find it deeply cathartic.
Ava • Why You Should Write More
Writing can excavate the heart, lay it bare. Even if its only reader is the person who wrote it in the first place, it can promote understanding, not only of others but of our deepest selves.
Anna Quindlen • Write for Your Life
writing is a way of connecting with yourself, your deepest thoughts and feelings, particularly when the first seem mysterious and the second hard to fathom.
Anna Quindlen • Write for Your Life
there's something transformative about achieving a third-person perspective on the contents of your mind by externalizing them on paper. You know how it's often easy to see what someone else needs to do about their problems? Externalising your thoughts can trigger similar insights on your own behalf. And even when it doesn't, the shift in perspecti... See more
Oliver Burkeman • Three pages a day
Writing is a great way to excavate an emotional reaction and find the why behind it.