After reading Audrey Driscoll’s series on Twenty Years a Write, , particularly Part 4: Reasons to Write and Publish, I thought it would be very interesting to collect quotes from other bloggers to put together in a future blog post. Why do we write and/or publish?
I invite each of you to either answer that question in comments or send me an email. I’d like you to include you name, your blog’s name and it’s URL. I’d like your responses by December 1, 2020.
Thanks for you consideration. I’d like to publish them sometime in December
e-Quips 
A quote from a piece I just posted yesterday – https://iwriteher.com/2020/11/19/words/ – “I had been in love with words all my life. It was time to honor them.” This is why I write. 🙂
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Nice quote, Susi. Thanks!
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Ooh! A chance to be famous! I’m going to have to think about this. 😃 ❤
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Don’t think too long.
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Because my daughter bullied me to use Facebook. When I did I was encouraged to write a blog instead. “What’s one of those?”, I asked my sister in law. ‘How do I do it?”, I asked. A friend joined in with the WordPress recommendation. I have now produced a daily diary since May 2012.
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Thanks, Derrick. Lovely story.
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I think every horror writer will understand this: I write to exorcise my demons.
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Good quote, Priscilla. Thanks!
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I write because it is a way to feel happy and alive.
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Wonderful. Thanks, Luisa
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I’m glad my post inspired you, and others too.
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It was a great quote and post. I’m hoping a few more people will respond. As you can see from the comments, I’ve gotten some wonderful quotes.
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I write to relive the past or to explore human emotion. And I pursue publication to share with others who may be able to benefit, somehow, and so that others may know me a bit better.
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I like your quote, Becky. Thanks for responding.
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You’re so welcome, Pat, and thanks for asking for input from your readers!
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My pleasure. Still hoping for a bit more input.
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From Lucille Clifton:
“People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that’s a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated.”
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I love this quote. Thanks.
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I once did a writing exercise that started with ‘why do you write’ – it got very emotional. But one of the more succinct ways I answer that question, is ‘to understand how I feel about the world’
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I love that quote and plan to include it in Friday’s blog. Thanks!
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