.:.Book Bodega.:. discussion

I thought this link was amazing, great way to start off a Monday! On the count of three, everyone say why they write (or paint, or draw, etc). One, two, three...


http://www.flavorwire.com/303590/15-f...

I started writing short stories in 4th grade after a having these idea bottled up in my head and having the 'urge to purge' them. Progressed to novels in 6th grade. :o)

Thanks, Sarah! I loved this.

Don DeLillo said it best. I write because...“It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture, but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals.”