#nationaldayonwriting

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20 Ways to Celebrate the National Day on Writing

From emails to grocery lists to text messages to poems and stories, writing is both an essential skill for everyday life and a way to self-e

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National Day on Writing Messages, Quotes & Status

Wish your family and friends by sharing with National Day on Writing Quotes and sayings. These National Day on Writing wishes and greetings are a delightful share for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

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Just before I hosted @calstatela’s #NationalDayonWriting event tonight, I went to @vromansbookstore to pick up #LynellGeorge’s new book on #OctaviaButler Support Lynell & Vromans. Two #LA institutions! (at Vroman's Bookstore) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGltCVmAH5P/?igshid=1bxptsbqv5q4y

[rosesilverangel]

Repost @calendar.world by @media.repost: 🚩20, October 2020 📌National Suspenders Day 📌National Day on Writing 📌Miss American Rose Day 📌National Call in Day For Health Reform 📌National Brandied Fruit Day 📌International Chefs Day 📌World Statistics Day 📌Information Overload Awareness Day 📌Birth of the Bab 📌Office Chocolate Day 📌National Pharmacy Technician Day 📌National Youth Confidence Day 📌Revolution of 1944-Guatemala 📌Mashujaa Day-Kenya 🎥@sartoria_peluso . . . #NationalSuspendersDay #NationalDayonWriting #MissAmericanRoseDay #NationalCall-inDayForHealthReform #NationalBrandiedFruitDay #InternationalChefsDay #InformationOverloadAwarenessDay #BirthoftheBab #OfficeChocolateDay (at Darlington, South Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGlltpCHRua/?igshid=1hafp9ey1d8zf

[theimperfectreader]

Why I write.

I write to know myself better.

I write to understand the world.

I write to explain to others.

I write to preserve a piece of myself.

I write to make innovative claims.

I write to be better.

I write to make the world better.

Now that you know what I write, why do you?

[mikethepoetla]

Over the last 9 years I have hosted @CalStateLA’s open mics event for #NationalDayOnWriting. 2nite our features will be Allan Aquino, Luivette Resto & Marcus Omari. Students from a University in China will also be sharing poems. Here are the 2 fliers. Shout out to Dr. Lauri Scheyer & Dr. Christopher Harris for putting it together & asking me to host again after all these years. #LetterstoMyCity (at Cal State LA, Arts & Letters) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGkhnaUAjtn/?igshid=aenjszjc2657

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#comedycrawl 10/20/20 #nationaldayonwriting Please keep us alive at Patreon/Venmo/GoFundMe. FULL listings for comedy live-streams and virtual mics from EVERYWHERE at thecomedybureau.com. Submit for listing consideration at thecomedybureau at gmail. https://www.instagram.com/p/CGkedS0ApNB/?igshid=7gmxsokayg9h

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October Editor’s Picks

On October 20th, we celebrated the National Day on Writing with our annual "Why I Write" prompt. We received hundreds upon hundreds of responses, making this prompt (which you can still respond to here) our most popular in Write the World history! As part of our October Editor’s Picks, we combed through the inspiring pieces to share some of our favorites. Today, we’ll take a closer look at pieces like “Writing Addict” by Malaysian writer Ari27, who waxes poetic on the ways in which writing transports her to worlds she never thought possible. We also get to know members of our community more intimately through the responses to the Flash Autobiography prompt. HollyDay’s wintry piece “Into the World”, for example, is guaranteed to plonk you in the middle of a snow globe. And finally, this batch of Picks is rounded out by some of our favorite Interview Competition pieces from writers like Princiology, who not only conducted a fabulous interview, but also used the process as an opportunity for personal growth.

Into the World by HollyDays (Japan)

My world right there could have been compressed into a snowglobe. My footprints in the snow, a lamp post, my parents' car, and a bench

In this stunning “Flash Autobiography” response, HollyDays recounts a first experience of seeing snow. Holly’s dreamlike descriptions transport us to a winter snowscape—a universe all it’s own, where time seems to stop for a moment.

“Incomplete” by Alex Riley (United States)

With wide eyes, I was enthralled as Mrs. Pemble, a short and portly woman who loved history and Hawaiian pizza, explained the elements of storytelling. Our next assignment: write a short story of our own.

Alex Riley’s take on the “Flash Autobiography” prompt offers a snapshot of a young girl whose love of writing is ignited, in part, by a teacher she admires. We love how Alex highlights the idea that writing is a lifelong pursuit and that our work as writers is never done.

“The Airplane Ride” by aLittleBirdy (China)

I breathed in the last few hours of American air I would breathe for God knows how long. Tears came unbidden from the corners of my eyes and trickled down my chubby cheeks. America had not been the kindest home, but it was my only home.

aLittleBirdy’s “Flash Autobiography” astounds in it’s simplicity. The author writes about leaving the United States and moving to a new home across the world. With each passing phrase, we feel aLittleBirdy’s vulnerability and nervousness intensify.

“Why I Write” by The Rebellious One! (South Africa)

I write as an act of of rebellion.

South African Writer, The Rebellious One!, writes not to escape but to be present. We love the boldness this rebel wordsmith writes with, and how she doesn't shy away from challenging systems of oppression with her words.

“Writing Addict” by Ari27 (Malaysia)

My pencil is like a gateway, A gateway to my special place, A place where there are no Mondays, And I can float around in space

If you weren’t already convinced of the otherworldly powers of writing, you will be after reading Ari27’s piece. Ari27 expertly employs the use of metaphor to demonstrate the ways in which writing can consume your imagination and take you to places you never thought possible.

“Life is a Gift” by Afnan jalil (Pakistan)

“Last question, do you feel handicapped sometimes or does this state of imperfection bother you?”

“We are so conscious about how a person externally appears but we forget that our body is just a covering for our soul. I think a person should be marvelous from inside. Our soul shouldn’t become handicapped and I am happy that mine is not. And about imperfection.. I think no one in this world is flawless. So I just have to say that I am imperfectly perfect.”

Afnan jalil’s Interview Competition entry, while fictional, does a great job mimicking a natural rapport between two people. This is best demonstrated by the thoughtful follow up questions her character asks the interviewee.

“The Tragic Goldmine” by PRiNCioLoGY (Nigeria)

Now, many teachers find it pretty hard to get their classroom organized, so I asked how she did hers. And she told me she scares her pupils off sometimes, frowns, shouts; and at other times she jokes, plays with them, laughs, sings and then gets their full attention. She also added, “...when you become close with your students, even if you turn your face somehow, they will understand.”

In this competition entry, Princiology shares not only his interviewee’s responses, but also his own inner thoughts, which gives the interview a dynamic, layered feel. At the end of the piece, Princiology also shares how hard it was for him, a naturally shy person, to approach his friend for the interview.