Motivation for Writing
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What's your Motivation for Writing? Your Muse?
This list of possibilities seems endless but interesting enough to warrant further investigation. While this list is not all inclusive, it may give you an idea of what type of writer you are if you search your heart and mind.
Read the example below and then answer the poll at the end of this article. My Question to you is:
"What motivates you to write? "
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A Cup of Comfort for Writers
Whether you're already published or as yet undiscovered, A Cup of Comfort for Writers will inspire you, motivate you, and fuel the fire that keeps you writing.
Motivation - Muse Experiment
While you may not fit in any category or maybe you fit into many categories, vote for the main area of motivation to your writing and leave a comment about that motivation. Let's see how diverse or similar we are.
Thank you for participating in my little experiment!
Income Motivation
In today's economic unrest, a lot of us have been motivated to start or continue writing to bring in an income or additional income. This is a powerful muse for writing - livelihood.If that is your motivation, fantastic. You know what your goal is and you set out to achieve it. What do you write about in order to achieve that goal?
Income Motivation Poll
Choose the option that best describes your situation. Add a comment if you like!
Writer's Motivation Poster
Charity/Awareness Motivation
Your main motivation to write is promoting a specific non-profit organization such as:- disease research
- protecting animals
- kids and family life
or spreading an awareness that society needs to act on or embrace such as:
- green living
- homelessness
- world hunger
You are passionate about this and spend most of your time writing stories about it or giving specific examples to enlighten the masses. You are passionate about your cause.
Charity or Awareness
Which is your writing muse?
Charity - I write about a charity/non-profit organization I am passionate about.
chemknitsblog says:
I suppose that I am more likely to write about Charities that I am involved with. This doesn't mean that I don't think that awareness is important (it's VERY important), but I consider part of my role in contributing to a charity to help spread the word about it.
BuckHawk says:
No big surprise here. It's my favorite charity that consumes most of my writing.
Awareness - My main inspiration in writing is to make others aware of this cause and to be a proactive participant.
ajgodinho says:
I write for both, but I think it's more towards spreading awareness!
masz09 says:
awareness...through awareness, I give people information and I received more information and thus able to help
surgimesh says:
You know, awareness does more than charity.
TapIn2U says:
What motivates me to write are stories of real people facing real issues. Also, strong emotions like love, happiness, or the opposite, sadness.
capriliz says:
Awareness - sometimes that means pointing out products and benefits to people.
tssfacts says:
Tough question it's a mixture for me. But I would have to say that awareness might just win by an nano second. Awareness is great way to enter the charity realm too.
Personal Narrative/Memoir/Autobiography
Are you trying to make sense of your life? Share your experiences as humorous entertainment? Or maybe your life has a universal theme that others can relate to and/or learn from.Or, maybe you just want to write about your life to give future generations a chance to get to know you through your own voice and to preserve family history.
Personal Narrative Poll
Memoir Examples - Writing Articles
Muse
noun
2. a source of inspiration; especially : a guiding genius
Sharing Expert Advice Motivation
Are you tops in your field? Have much to share with the general public about a certain topic? You write because you want to teach others "how-to" do something or understand something that can help them succeed.Are you a teacher, professor, researcher, economic expert, marketing guru, well versed in a certain specialty or just good at what you do and want to share? Then you are an Expert Advice writer.
Expert Advice Poll
The Courage to Write
I am Motivated/Inspired to Write...
Your imagination is filled with fantasy, romance, mystery, horror, poetry, songs or a certain era of stories fighting to get out. The words and tales demand to be written down before they are lost.You write of times, places you have visited, lives you have fantasized about and characters come to life in your mind as a movie. You follow these characters through their trials, accomplishments and everyday lives to see where they end up.
Genre Poll
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ajgodinho Mar 17, 2011 @ 1:10 pm | delete
- When I started writing on Squidoo, 2 years ago, I didn't know that one could make money doing so. I thought it was a phenomenal concept of getting this free platform to share about one's interests and passions! Now I've learned to leverage both and I'm enjoying the journey while doing it at my own pace! **Lucky Leprechaun Blessing**
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freseg
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- Very informative lens.Thanks for sharing. strategic planning software
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masz09 Feb 2, 2011 @ 3:33 am | delete
- I have so many things in my mind, and as I'm not good speaker or i'm too direct, it is much better for me to write it down.
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Lady_Gotrocks
Jan 16, 2011 @ 7:19 pm | delete
- I write about what I know and want to share with others.
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MarkUpshaw Jan 6, 2011 @ 4:46 am | delete
- I write because I learn and it must be shared some how.
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