Writing = Living: Here's Why
Ten Ways Creative Writing Intersects With Building A Better, Richer, More Meaningful Life
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Jon and I have been talking about our future, the thirty or so good years we hope to have left on the planet if we are lucky enough, by that math, to live ably into our mid-eighties (me) or 90s (Jon).
This is already a lot to ask. And we have, by this calculus, absolutely no time to waste.
That’s why I feel blindingly lucky to have spent the last couple of decades immersed in the study, practice, and teaching of creative writing—especially narrative. Because it has become c…