Why write?

Writer’s block

Chris Lee
Chris Lee
Sep 4, 2018 · 4 min read

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When you write a sentence, you are packaging a thought. Your brain collaborates with your body to put an idea on paper in the best way it can. The very act of writing something readable — with narrative, structure, and internal logic — requires thoughts to be thought to completion.

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