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    by Linda Ann Nickerson

    WHY WRITERS WRITE Real writers cannot help but write. Most of us are helplessly caught up in the passion for words, particularly printed words. Perhaps wordsmithing addiction is encoded into a writer's DNA. Maybe a l...read more

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    by maddie rose

    Rules of Writing There are correct rules in writing as there are rules in everything we do. This bites. Writing is what we think, we imagine, our innermost passions in life, all the secrets we hide, we write. To do t...read more

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    by AngelaCharles

    Writing for the Love of Writing Writing can be a hobby, a career, and even a passion. For me, it started out quite simple. I had a little journal that I would scribble my silly poems or daily thoughts on life in. As ...read more

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    by Nicole Holmen

    Writing for the Love of Writing For a true, born writer, the art of putting words on paper (or, in our modern era, on a computer screen) equates to nothing less than breathing oxygen into an asphyxiating body. The love...read more

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    by Saranya Sivakumar

    Every God's creation has an unique feature. The unique feature of human beings is their thinking ability. The ability to think has transformed the empty world to a developed world of equipments and facilities satisfying ...read more

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    by TC Crumpton

    Call me crazy, but the marbles are rolling while the day gives way to night. The smell of rain wafts through me as it trickles to cool the parched grass. I have a thought. One thought spins into another, so here I sit, ...read more

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    by Rich Rivers

    Here I sit before my computer coining words and tapping the keys in order to make sentences that become paragraphs and turn into an article. As I keep tapping the keys, it makes me soar with emotion. As I write the thing...read more

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    by Jerry Curtis

    The love of the art and craft of writing is like the love of the game of baseball. As baseball employs just and symmetrical rules to a difficult athletic skill, the rules of writing give the writer a framework that is not ...read more

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    by Lola Tamez

    My dear, my sweet, it is for the love that I write, for writing may paint a picture of what the heart may hide from view. While writing, albeit, may often be limited, writing expunges the soul from its gilded cage of prop...read more

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    by Mia Dubose

    Fanfiction- what's the point? Fanfiction is what people who dedicate their writing skills to series like Harry Potter and Twilight come up with for people to read and enjoy. I have a best friend who's summer life i...read more

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    by Jan Loupos

    Writing is such a great thing. For many people it is a real stress reliever. For others it is a way to make a living. If you love it you can write and write all day. The time just flies by when some people write. Before yo...read more

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    by Heather Foster

    Writing is one of my best ways to battle depression when it hits. Sometimes I rant about what I'm feeling, and sometimes I write poetry or stories, but they all help in their own ways. Helium is a great name for this site ...read more

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