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Why we write (in GIF form)

March 2, 2015 by Nathan Bransford 7 Comments

We write.

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We write because we want to change the world.

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We write because we want to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes.

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We write because we want to travel new places.

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We write because we want to see what we know in a new way.

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We write because we want to create.

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We write because we want to connect.

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We write because we want to inspire.

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We write because we want to see the future.

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We write because we want to remember the past.

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We write because it’s an immense challenge.

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We write because it’s an incredible feeling to finish.

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We write because we want to make magic.

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We write because sometimes we just can’t deal.

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We write because we seek the truth.

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We write because we want justice.

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We write because we’re angry.

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We write because we’re happy.

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We write because we’re lost.

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We write because we want to find something better.

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We write because we love.

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Why do you write?

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Filed Under: The Writing Life Tagged With: Life of a Writer

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  1. Magdalena Munro says

    March 2, 2015 at 5:58 pm

    I write because I'm obsessed. -insert Linda Blair GIF

    I write because I don't have a lot of friends.

    -insert Chris McCandless GIF preferably one where he's happily living off the land in Alaska and not dead.

    fun post Nathan!

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  2. Bamboo Grovers says

    March 2, 2015 at 6:31 pm

    Thanks, Nathan, I needed this! Inspiring.

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  3. abc says

    March 2, 2015 at 6:36 pm

    Lovely!

    My reasons: to create, to connect, to make sense of things, and leave something behind.

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  4. wendy says

    March 3, 2015 at 7:45 am

    Wow – this is an awesome effort, Nathan.

    I write because I want to create something new and beautiful that no one else has quite done before, but it takes me so long to finish this 'uniqueness' that it has been done to death by the time I type the much fine-tuned last word.

    Reply
  5. Saja says

    March 7, 2015 at 3:58 am

    I write because if I don't

    I feel smothered by what I need to say

    I over think things too much

    I wonder what is the point of it all.

    Thanks for the inspiration!

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  6. Eugenia Parrish says

    March 8, 2015 at 7:17 pm

    All of these, I think. Thanks, this is a bookmark keeper.

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  7. Pimion says

    March 24, 2015 at 8:47 pm

    I write because I don't want my thoughts to be lost.
    Nice GIFs, love this list!

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