Daily Drafts & Dialogues

Daily Drafts & Dialogues

Why You Should Write as the World Burns

Today’s post will remind you why you should keep writing, especially as the world burns. Keep reading, leave a comment, then check out today’s writing prompt at the bottom of this post.

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K. E. Creighton
May 08, 2025
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Writing is an act of resistance in a world that is designed to ignore and or silence you, or at best keep you compliant and complacent.

Writing is an act that entails vivid awareness of what was, what is, and what must be (sometimes all at once), so it is necessary to truth-telling.

Writing is an act that ignites the deepest corners of one’s imagination, …

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