why I write Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/tag/why-i-write/ Fri, 13 Sep 2013 08:54:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Why Women Write: Part One of Two https://booksbywomen.org/you-answer-why-do-you-write/ https://booksbywomen.org/you-answer-why-do-you-write/#comments Thu, 01 Aug 2013 13:38:51 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=8669 We asked, “Why do you write?” To persuade? To inform? To change the world? In 1946, George Orwell wrote an essay called, “Why I Write.” This popular piece explained who he was, and why he decided to become a writer. What were his motives? What were his desires? We at Women Writers, Women Books, however, […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/you-answer-why-do-you-write/feed/ 6 8669 Writing as Compulsion https://booksbywomen.org/writing-as-compulsion/ https://booksbywomen.org/writing-as-compulsion/#comments Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:51:19 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=8690 Writing is a compulsion for me, but where does that force within come from, I wonder. I’ve never tried to explain it before, but perhaps it stems from reading. Librarians and teachers of literacy often express a desire for youngsters to “discover the joys of reading.” I’m guessing that joy of reading is behind my […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/writing-as-compulsion/feed/ 18 8690 Writing with Aphasia https://booksbywomen.org/writing-with-aphasia-by-ami-cgood/ https://booksbywomen.org/writing-with-aphasia-by-ami-cgood/#comments Sun, 07 Jul 2013 14:30:07 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=8667 Writing has always been my passion, from a very young age, but it is also one of the most challenging things I could ask of myself. That’s what keeps it interesting. Like most writers, I’ve wanted to be a writer for most of my life. There’s not much unique in that. At eight years old, […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/writing-with-aphasia-by-ami-cgood/feed/ 28 8667 Women Writers Asks: Why do you write? https://booksbywomen.org/women-writers-asks-why-do-you-write/ https://booksbywomen.org/women-writers-asks-why-do-you-write/#comments Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:26:14 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=8642 Do you write to persuade? To inform? To change the world? To be remembered? When you pick up your pen, or open your notebook, or pull up a Word document, what is your goal? What pushes you to write, rewrite, rewrite a dozen more times, and then edit until mental and physical exhaustion? Why do […]

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