http://tjpontz.com/2009/03/09/why-do-you-write/ - pencil shavings and thought erasures, world building and creativity coaching Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:46:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://tjpontz.com/2009/03/09/why-do-you-write/#comment-10 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:49:11 +0000 http://pencilplace.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/why-do-you-write/#comment-10 I write because there isn’t enough room in my head for all that’s going on in there. I have to give the voices structure, I have to give the scenes a place to live, and I have to give ideas a chance to stand up on their own. I write because I have to.

]]> http://tjpontz.com/2009/03/09/why-do-you-write/#comment-9 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:34:43 +0000 http://pencilplace.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/why-do-you-write/#comment-9 I write to tell my story to myself, to quiet the ’round and ’round head chatter, to make sense of and give meaning to my experience. If that meaning can be conveyed to another, if it can bring an “aha” or some healing, then I have done my work.

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