Why do People Write?

Here are some notes from one of our first conversations about writing.

Why do people write?

It’s fun!

To entertain

To express themselves

To remember/to remind

To share ideas, experiences, and memories

To share knowledge/info/thoughts/emotions/feelings

To let people know what’s going on

So others can experience what the writer did

To make $

To share life lessons

To warn someone

To create something new

To communicate

To inspire

To calm yourself

To process or figure something out, to think

To make people think

To learn

To convince

To help others

So as a writer, what do you want your reader to experience, regardless of your genre choice?  We want them...

To understand (understand=topic)

To get pulled in

To feel like they’re actually there

To feel what you hoped they would feel

To understand or feel your purpose (feel=purpose)

To think about the message

How the heck do we do that?!

Pick things that are personal to you.

Think about what’s happening now…write about what’s relevant to your readers.

Write from your heart.

What's in that heart?

You!

What you care about

Memories

Emotion