Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Why Do You Write?

My son introduced me to TED.com. He recently forwarded the link below. There are applications for writers on multiple levels.

Why do you write?
Why are you writing this project?
Why are you sending to a particular publisher?

It's worth taking a few minutes to watch. You may as well procrastinate on whatever project you're working on for 18 more minutes.

Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action | Video on TED.com

2 comments:

  1. Nice speech! I learned a lot from it.

    Laura Evans
    all things poetry

    I write to save lives of children (prevent Columbine) and improve the quality of people's lives.

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  2. Good reasons, Laura. We always hope our words make a difference. I'm glad you enjoyed the speech.

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