http://www.ohjoy.org/2007/01/10/the-why-of-creative-writing/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:07:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha http://www.ohjoy.org/2007/01/10/the-why-of-creative-writing/#comment-5067 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:43:28 +0000 http://www.ohjoy.org/2007/01/10/the-why-of-creative-writing/#comment-5067 Janny .. Good point. Yes, writing helps us connect to our own emotions, definitely. Take journaling, for example. That is a good reason to write--though not always a good reason to publish. Janny .. Good point. Yes, writing helps us connect to our own emotions, definitely. Take journaling, for example. That is a good reason to write–though not always a good reason to publish.

]]> http://www.ohjoy.org/2007/01/10/the-why-of-creative-writing/#comment-5065 Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:07:12 +0000 http://www.ohjoy.org/2007/01/10/the-why-of-creative-writing/#comment-5065 I feel that my writing connects me with people, particularly my children, who some day will read my work and have a deeper understanding who their mother is. Writing helps me to understand myself better, which is something you didn't talk about much on here. When I'm upset there's nothing like writing to get to what's really the matter with me. It illuminates the soul, so to speak. I feel that my writing connects me with people, particularly my children, who some day will read my work and have a deeper understanding who their mother is. Writing helps me to understand myself better, which is something you didn’t talk about much on here. When I’m upset there’s nothing like writing to get to what’s really the matter with me. It illuminates the soul, so to speak.

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