Life & Writing Tools: Why Do You Write By Susan Hanniford Crowley

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Why Do You Write? This is a bigger question than just for writers. It is a question for every living person. At some point, we are all writers. If we go on to get published, the questions change for us.

Life Tools

When we keep a diary, we are creating a legacy that can be passed down through the generations and tell them what was happening in your life, how you felt, and what was important to you. It can be a thread between generations. A diary can even touch the world such as The Diary of Anne Frank .Keep a dream journal and learn more about you! Consider it a homemade course in personal enrichment.We used to send letters and cards. Now we send emails to friends. I have kept many of the letters and cards sent to me, some from friends long gone. These become treasures in our lives. Anything we’ve written becomes a collage of our lives: poems, stories, and true events in our lives. It all is something to look back on and grow from. When we live through the tough times, we become stronger. When we have good times, we’ve created a treasure to inspire us. Take the photo but print it and put it in a book. Be sure to write on it or under it!

Don’t let the great stories of your life slip away.

Writing Tools

Keeping a diary is a research tool for writers. Whether it’s a full-blown autobiography or parts of a fictional story that is more alive because of the reality in it, the scenes written in a diary builds a living foundation for the story. A non-fiction could be a travelogue of one of your journeys or a how-to on a subject you’re expert on. So write that diary! Help yourself with what you already know.A dream journal is a treasure trove for writers. Some authors’ dream journals become their books. I’m one of them. Writing in diary or letter mode is a very powerful technique. Mary Shelley used the letter writing technique in Frankenstein . Read the book and then you know the technique too.Writers tend to write in a variety of different formats. It’s called exploration. I was a reporter. I also wrote grants. There was a time in my life where I wrote tons of poetry. I even have a poetry book. I wrote short stories. I started writing books. That’s where I found my groove.

There is no wrong answer to why do you write? Over time your answer may even change. The difference for a writer is that writing is air. We need air to breathe.

Writing is a gift to humanity. We learn from our ancestors, because they wrote. Those that follow us will learn about our time from what we leave behind. You don’t have to be a published author for that, just write. Illustrations are also welcome!

Truly,

Susan
Susan Hanniford Crowley
https://susanhannifordcrowley.com is still under construction. Visit my author page on Amazon to see all my books:
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Now we wait
for the return of the princess.