Why I Write, Or Why Am I Doing This?

For many years I wanted to be a writer, from a young age in fact.

Beth Barany
Sep 5, 2018 · 4 min read
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At age 19, one summer, there I was journal writing in earnest 20 minutes every day before my student job at the university. Because I knew that writers wrote. And that’s all I knew.

But I didn’t know why I wanted to write. That plagued me.

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Beth Barany

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Science Fiction/Fantasy author. Award-winning novelist. Founder: Barany School of Fiction. Free class: https://writersfunzone.com/blog/discoverycourse.

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