So every once in a while I will go somewhere and run into someone I am friends with on Facebook, follow on Twitter, or just know from my goings on in life, and they tell me that they like to read my blog. I see how many people have already stopped by to check out what's going on and I am so excited!
This got me thinking. I have to write a blog for my placement right now and tonight I wrote about how we are all writers. So I thought that I would post that post here as well. I am challenging all of you to respond. I want to know why you write. Take a second and read through my post below and then leave me a comment. If my sixth graders can do it, then I know you all can too. =) Oh, and it's National Writing Day, so that's another reason why you should tell me why you're a writer! =)
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We are all writers. It doesn’t matter who you are or what you do, everyone is a writer. Some people only write when they are making a grocery list, taking a test, or sending a text to their best friend. Other people write to make sense of life, to get away from reality, or to create something new.
When I was trying to decide what to write about tonight, I jumped on twitter and saw this:
Penny Kittle is one of those people who write for a whole bunch of reasons. She is an author as well as a teacher. My professors have used her textbooks in a couple of my Teaching English classes. The blue lettering before the black represents a conversation that is going on. People who also want to respond to “why I write” simply put a # and whyiwrite and then type their response. It is a way to have a conversation across cultures and boarder lines.
This gave me an idea. Since we are all writers, I want to know why you write. But first, let me tell you why I write.
I write because I love putting words together in patterns that I’ve never seen before, or imitating patterns that caught my attention. I write because sometimes I just need a break from everything that I have to do. I write to make sense of my life and to help other people see a glimpse of what I see everyday. I write because I think I’d go insane if I didn’t.
So why do you write? Parent or student, I want to know why you write, even if it’s just to make a grocery list or take a test. That’s this week’s activity. It can be one sentence or a paragraph. I just want to know. I am a writer, as we all are, and I like to know what makes other people writers too.
I write because I can express myself much better in word than in speech. I can be my alter-ego, which in reality, is the real me - the person that others don't know because of their preconceptions about me based solely on my looks.
ReplyDeleteRight now, I write because I have to. Not like you write for enjoyment. No, I write one page, double spaced papers for my grad class. LOTS of them. I know this sounds easy, but it is quite difficult to be so concise about such broad topics! It is like Blaise Pascal once said, "I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter."
ReplyDeleteI write because it is how I express myself. I express myself much better in written word than in spoken word. Many times, I write as an expression of prayer or praise to God. I love the figurative language that can be used to slightly or greatly exaggerate a thought or action; I love using descriptive imagery to vividly portray the theme of my writing or the nouns in my writing to allow the reader to be a part of my writing. I love creative writing, but as you said in your previous blog post, my work in college has recently prevented me from just spending time writing. I find it so freeing and relaxing to sit, write, and get my thoughts on paper.
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