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		<title>By: post number one: attitude towards writing. &#171; findingthewritewords</title>
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		<dc:creator>post number one: attitude towards writing. &#171; findingthewritewords</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] the words of Men with Pens: &#8220;I love writing. Writing – whether my writing or someone else’s – allows me to escape [...]</description>
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		<title>By: DayShawn</title>
		<link>http://menwithpens.ca/what-does-writing-mean-to-you/#comment-30986</link>
		<dc:creator>DayShawn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I Love this I&#039;m also am a writer and I&#039;m currently working on a Novel I&#039;m 300 pages into it writing is my life.


Well, I suppose I really could say writing is my life, but I don&#039;t know that I mean it the way most people do when they say things like that. I mean that writing is something that is a common thread when it comes to pretty much every aspect of my life as I know it. These days writing is not only my number one way of expressing myself, but it&#039;s also the way I unwind at the end of the day. I don&#039;t necessarily get this magical transcendent feeling that a lot of you seem to get when you sit down to write, but I do feel I would be quite crippled in many ways if I was somehow no longer able to do it.

This is kind of an odd thing for me to realize, because I don&#039;t know that my writing talent was ever anything I took all that seriously. I was always that kid that could churn out A+ essays and research papers on any subject without thinking about it, but I was also someone that could effortlessly think up these really great characters, worlds, and storylines. I guess I knew I was a good writer, but although I enjoy writing, I never was really all that passionate about it. (I guess I always considered visual art to be my &quot;thing&quot;.)

My life started to revolve around writing completely by accident. I had gotten into blogging at one point just because I liked the idea of having a virtual journal that never ran out of pages. I never did it to connect with other people or with the intention of anyone else really caring about it, so I was pretty surprised when others were actually interested in reading what I was writing.

Something similar happened when I started doing things like writing informative articles and whatnot just... for fun, and to share some of my extraneous knowledge with the rest of the web. I never expected to have anything I wrote purchased by publishers or anything, but it was. From there on, I guess I felt inspired to start taking my writing more seriously and the rest is history”, he said.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I Love this I&#8217;m also am a writer and I&#8217;m currently working on a Novel I&#8217;m 300 pages into it writing is my life.</p>
<p>Well, I suppose I really could say writing is my life, but I don&#8217;t know that I mean it the way most people do when they say things like that. I mean that writing is something that is a common thread when it comes to pretty much every aspect of my life as I know it. These days writing is not only my number one way of expressing myself, but it&#8217;s also the way I unwind at the end of the day. I don&#8217;t necessarily get this magical transcendent feeling that a lot of you seem to get when you sit down to write, but I do feel I would be quite crippled in many ways if I was somehow no longer able to do it.</p>
<p>This is kind of an odd thing for me to realize, because I don&#8217;t know that my writing talent was ever anything I took all that seriously. I was always that kid that could churn out A+ essays and research papers on any subject without thinking about it, but I was also someone that could effortlessly think up these really great characters, worlds, and storylines. I guess I knew I was a good writer, but although I enjoy writing, I never was really all that passionate about it. (I guess I always considered visual art to be my &#8220;thing&#8221;.)</p>
<p>My life started to revolve around writing completely by accident. I had gotten into blogging at one point just because I liked the idea of having a virtual journal that never ran out of pages. I never did it to connect with other people or with the intention of anyone else really caring about it, so I was pretty surprised when others were actually interested in reading what I was writing.</p>
<p>Something similar happened when I started doing things like writing informative articles and whatnot just&#8230; for fun, and to share some of my extraneous knowledge with the rest of the web. I never expected to have anything I wrote purchased by publishers or anything, but it was. From there on, I guess I felt inspired to start taking my writing more seriously and the rest is history”, he said.</p>
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		<title>By: James</title>
		<link>http://menwithpens.ca/what-does-writing-mean-to-you/#comment-13300</link>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ Missy - You&#039;re very welcome :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ Missy &#8211; You&#8217;re very welcome <img src='http://cdn.menwithpens.ca/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Missy Ann</title>
		<link>http://menwithpens.ca/what-does-writing-mean-to-you/#comment-13290</link>
		<dc:creator>Missy Ann</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was moved to tears.  Thank you for helping me to understand that I am not alone in this love of words and description and escape.  Life would be so unbearable without these things for me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was moved to tears.  Thank you for helping me to understand that I am not alone in this love of words and description and escape.  Life would be so unbearable without these things for me.</p>
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		<title>By: Stan Dubin</title>
		<link>http://menwithpens.ca/what-does-writing-mean-to-you/#comment-11568</link>
		<dc:creator>Stan Dubin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Writing allows me to connect with many people I will never personally meet but whose lives I can touch and ideally improve.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Writing allows me to connect with many people I will never personally meet but whose lives I can touch and ideally improve.</p>
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		<title>By: Why A Real Writer Is Irreplaceable &#124; Get Paid to Write Online</title>
		<link>http://menwithpens.ca/what-does-writing-mean-to-you/#comment-9114</link>
		<dc:creator>Why A Real Writer Is Irreplaceable &#124; Get Paid to Write Online</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 14:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] a real writer writes, you are likely to be affected by the writing, whether you are touched, moved, pleased, angry or feel some other strong emotion. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] a real writer writes, you are likely to be affected by the writing, whether you are touched, moved, pleased, angry or feel some other strong emotion. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker</title>
		<link>http://menwithpens.ca/what-does-writing-mean-to-you/#comment-8299</link>
		<dc:creator>Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Writing helps me get more in touch with who I am.  When I write, I can not only hear the thoughts in my head, but I can also see them on paper which involves two senses instead of one.  Visual as well as audible makes the words more real for me.  It also helps me to organize my thoughts.   Organizing is easier on paper than just in my head.

&lt;em&gt;Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker&#039;s last blog post..&lt;a href=&#039;http://patriciasingleton.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-feel-like-woman.html&#039; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;I Feel Like A Woman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Writing helps me get more in touch with who I am.  When I write, I can not only hear the thoughts in my head, but I can also see them on paper which involves two senses instead of one.  Visual as well as audible makes the words more real for me.  It also helps me to organize my thoughts.   Organizing is easier on paper than just in my head.</p>
<p><em>Patricia &#8211; Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker&#8217;s last blog post..<a href='http://patriciasingleton.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-feel-like-woman.html' rel="nofollow">I Feel Like A Woman</a></em></p>
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		<title>By: 31 Link Love Articles this Week &#124; Writer's Resource Center</title>
		<link>http://menwithpens.ca/what-does-writing-mean-to-you/#comment-8131</link>
		<dc:creator>31 Link Love Articles this Week &#124; Writer's Resource Center</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] What Does Writing Mean to You? [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Posts On Writing April 2008 &#124; Get Paid to Write Online</title>
		<link>http://menwithpens.ca/what-does-writing-mean-to-you/#comment-8080</link>
		<dc:creator>Posts On Writing April 2008 &#124; Get Paid to Write Online</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Finally, I want to end with a few favourites from the Pen Men, who ask whether it&#8217;s ok to charge more, whether low rates are holding you back, and if you&#8217;re a good web worker. But for me, the most interesting question I was asked this month was what writing means to me. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Finally, I want to end with a few favourites from the Pen Men, who ask whether it&#8217;s ok to charge more, whether low rates are holding you back, and if you&#8217;re a good web worker. But for me, the most interesting question I was asked this month was what writing means to me. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: rjleaman</title>
		<link>http://menwithpens.ca/what-does-writing-mean-to-you/#comment-7788</link>
		<dc:creator>rjleaman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Tei, that&#039;s fabulous. It&#039;s going on a sticky note on my office wall. You know,  in  case anyone strolling in might need a bit of help to recognize Genius at work! ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Tei, that&#8217;s fabulous. It&#8217;s going on a sticky note on my office wall. You know,  in  case anyone strolling in might need a bit of help to recognize Genius at work! <img src='http://cdn.menwithpens.ca/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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