How does writing allow you to be yourself

The "art" of writing use to be the only means to correspond with others. Letters from the past are full of rich detail, stimulating conversation, and intellectual insight. We often forget that people would write letters to loved ones and not receive anything back for months. A ridiculous notion in this day and age of instant messaging and video conferencing. But consider how you would write a note if you had to capture all your concerns in this moment for someone who would read them in the distant future?

How does one keep the note relevant? The answer was to keep the note sincere and personal. Not simple. Not short. For all our advantages, we have lost touch with the permanence that can come from writing.

We talk in meetings, send emails, and type text that express ideas, but they do not stay. I can go to a museum and read the letters of poets and politicians long dead, but I will never be able to remember what yesterday's trending tweet was.

We have lost, in a sense, a bit of ourselves when we stopped licking stamps and making trips to the mailbox on a daily basis. Part of who we are does not go into our electronic messages, but we once poured ourselves into our letter.

Romantics added a dab of perfume to hint at deeper love than what could be communicated by words. Even then, people knew that letters could not convey all they wished to share.

Even looking at what happened to you just yesterday can uncover important moments you did not realize were important at the time. Putting all your thoughts and reflections about your life into words can help you craft your own life story.

By recreating your life on paper, you have the ability to present your narrative the way you experience it — wholly your own. Getting words on paper and focusing your energy on your own thoughts can be cathartic as well. Almost like having a conversation with yourself, writing can be a healthy way to work through your feelings. Finally, at the end of it all you will have a written history of yourself to either keep to yourself or share with loved ones.

Even if you choose to keep what you wrote private, it can inspire future writing by being there to reference the context of your past experiences. The writing you create is your own personal history to mull over for years to come. Writing about yourself is a great way to be creative and engage in self-exploration. Who better to write about yourself than you! Not only is the process of writing challenging and exciting, when I am finished I have the reward of a story that I have brought to life.

I feel that writing is a soothing exercise which helps me to make sense of the world by exploring my own written ones. I like to write because it helps me get stuff off my chest. Writing provides the best sort of release Writing makes me feel better about all the sad things in my life. I like to write because it is an amazing way to express yourself and your opinions. I love to write because it allows my mind to go to anyplace it wants to with no restrictions.

I enjoy writing because I love being able to express myself and my own ideas. I enjoy writing because it has so much freedom.

I like to write to express my feelings. Sometimes it is hard to get into words what you feel inside, but when it is just me and the paper I am able to translate everything into something meaningful. I have always loved reading and writing, particularly stories about far off lands. My favorite part about writing is creating my own world within the real world, or completely apart from the real world.

I like to write because you can create anything; you can show yourself, or hide depending on what you want. I find inspiration in dreams, stories, shapes in the cumuli, and peculiar happenings from everyday life.

I like to write because it is a way to express my ideas. I love to write, just for myself, as a way to release stress and express my feelings. I like to write because I can put all of my feelings into words and share my thoughts with others. I like to write because it lets me express my ideas in a different way.

The prompt was to write a vernacular piece.