Comments on: Women Writers Asks: Why do you write?

By: Pratiti Nath

Pratiti Nath — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 13:09:51 +0000

I think everyone writes to express his/her innermost feelings. the desires, the untold stories of hopes and despairs, the pain and the wonder of our soul. Our unblossomed florets of dreams, the forlorn paths which we can’t venture. I write for myself. For the joy of expressing my innermost dwellings through words. But after it is over, it no longer belongs to us. those dwellings belongs to another household then, THE READERS. that is how writing travels and it is incomplete without reading. I write to express this and then to travel to another household to discovery it. I write to travel, to find oneness between me and others.

By: Ambradambra

Ambradambra — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 01:27:52 +0000

This is an extract of a ‘Blog-Hop’ I participated in last year:

Many of my blog posts are inspired by stories of growing up as an Italian-Australian kid in Sydney’s inner-west in the 1960s. It was such an interesting time, observing my parents cooking, entertaining and trying to keep aspects of their heritage alive after their post-WW11 migration.
I’m also interested in how food is represented in films, particularly some pre-1980s American movies where Italian families only ever ate spaghetti and meatballs, which is not an authentic Italian dish. Pasta e fagioli (pasta and bean soup) became ‘pasta fazool’. Thank you Dean Martin.
Gathering these thoughts into something I think people might want to read is always a gamble …

By: Sherelle

Sherelle — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 22:50:47 +0000

I write to escape and to provide an escape for others. I love creating a life for my characters and watching them grow.
I also write to inform women and share my experiences with them.

By: N. Shaffer

N. Shaffer — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 21:17:56 +0000

Because the alternative is unthinkable.

By: mallee stanley

mallee stanley — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 16:22:53 +0000

I’ve discovered that injustice gets under my skin and is a through line in my first two novels.

By: mallee stanley

mallee stanley — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 16:15:35 +0000

In reply to Dia. Love your comment! I'm half way through a novel about a family of colour. So think positive. We just have to convince the publishers.

By: mallee stanley

mallee stanley — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 16:06:27 +0000

In reply to Yolanda West. This is why I write in the day. If I write at night, I can't sleep! My mind won't stop.

By: Vivienne Nichols

Vivienne Nichols — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 01:05:00 +0000

My experience with writing is like panning for gold. I sift through streams of the ordinary. My thoughts and experiences. Every now and then, there’s an “aha” moment when the light hits & I cannot keep the treasure to myself. I want to hold the nugget up, turn it over in my hands, offer it to others and hope that what may have enriched my own life might be enjoyed by another.

By: Yolanda West

Yolanda West — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 20:25:13 +0000

I don’t really know….. I have an vivid imagination, especially at night. I can’t sleep at night because I be up writing what’s on my mind. I have published a few stories on a website, http://www.wattpad.com. I think I write to relieve stress and to share my ideas, of course.

By: Ceri Beynon

Ceri Beynon — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:20:33 +0000

I write because I have to. I have an instinctive yearning inside to create, imagine and interpret the world as I see it. Writing fills me with passion, energy and contentment. Writing is who I am, who I have always been and who I will always be. To share this joy with others is something really special, personal and intimate.