Why We Write, Why We Wrong

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Over at his blog my friend Serdar talked about why people write. Some people, he notes, wantall the benefits and the aura of being a writer . . . except they’re not too up on the “writing” part of it. To be a writer, you have to write.

And Serdar, like Brad at Hardcore Zen, and like myself note it’s a kind of compulsion.

I write because it’s something I do. I craft words, tell stories, organize informa...