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The Reason We Write
My friend, Lori, posted this quote on my Facebook page last week:
“We write to taste life twice.” ~Anais Nin, author
I think she posted the quote for two reasons:
I love quotes. Love, love, love them.
I am a writer who often wrestles with the why of writing. You know what I mean: Why do we willingly do all of this? The writing. The rewriting. The deadlines.
I think my friend read that quote and thought, “Beth will ‘get’ this.”
And I did.
But I did more than read the quote and think, “Good one.” I pondered the quote for a day or two … until it became this blog post.