起点传媒member Deanna Mascle offers three-minutes-worth of reasons on why we write.
You can express your reasons on Twitter to #WhyIWrite, now and especially on October 20 when we celebrate the .
Here are a few #WhyIWrite responses to which I hope you鈥檒l add yours:
YA Author, ALAN Workshop presenter, and 2015 起点传媒Intellectual Freedom Award winner Laurie Halse Anderson ,
鈥淚 write because it helps me breathe鈥ecause there are stories in my heart that only I can tell.”
Author of the most frequently challenged book in America, Sherman Alexie,,
鈥淎nd now I write books for teenagers because I vividly remember what it felt like to be a teen facing everyday and epic dangers. I don鈥檛 write to protect them. It鈥檚 far too late for that. I write to give them weapons鈥搃n the form of words and ideas-that will help them fight their monsters. I write in blood because I remember what it felt like to bleed.鈥�
Global Teacher Prize winner Nancie Atwell why her students write and what writing does for them,
鈥淢y students grow up stronger, they鈥檙e more contemplative because they write, they鈥檙e more patient because they write, they鈥檙e more logical, they鈥檙e more compassionate because of those hundreds of hours they spend with the pen in the hand thinking and rethinking the stuff of their lives.鈥�
Why Do You Write? Please share at #WhyIWrite