The other day I finished reading Anna Quindlen’s book, Write for your life. It was not a page-turner in the slightest. Respectfully. It’s one of those books that really make you think. I enjoyed Anna’s thoughts, and I was utterly amazed that she could write a whole book on writing. To be honest, I skimmed a lot of this book just looking for the meat and potatoes of it. I think it’s a great book because it inspired me to write MORE. It’s arguably the reason I am even writing this blog post right now.
There are some things that really stuck out to me which in part are the references to the freedom writer teacher, Erin Gruwell.
“My students were damaged and broken,” Erin Gruwell recalls. “Their lives show the power of words. Writing can allow you to write a different ending to your life.”
Writing gives us hope. So, be real and transparent with yourself. When we write we can understand ourselves, and the world around us. I think all writers write for that reason, we want to feel and have that feeling be concrete, and mean something.