In a 1979 interview with the NYT, Baldwin said, "The bottom line is this: You write in order to change the world." (full quote in image) Do you agree? Do you write in order to change the world? What change(s) would you hope to catalyze? #writesky #writingcommunity #writingq #writersnotebook - ThreadSky

writers-notebook.bsky.social • 7 days ago

In a 1979 interview with the NYT, Baldwin said, "The bottom line is this: You write in order to change the world." (full quote in image)

Do you agree? Do you write in order to change the world? What change(s) would you hope to catalyze?

#writesky #writingcommunity #writingq #writersnotebook

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mrneu.bsky.social•3 days ago

Good writing often mirrors what is happening in our world, and it often transports us by making associations that are relevant to how society is feeling at any given moment in history. Therefore, in many ways, literature, like art and culture, can educate and inspire us to make change happen. ✊🏽

pilechko.bsky.social•7 days ago

If I did that would be pretty pathetic, given that about 20 people read my poetry. Not much world changing happening.

writers-notebook.bsky.social•7 days ago

You don't have to change everything, even impacting one person matters.

jjunebrown.bsky.social•4 days ago

Absolutely! Thay a reader may feel less alone, more inspired, and more connected to spark compassion in our acts and laws. Baldwin's writings certainly changed me in my 20s, in my world.

thorstenbecker.bsky.social•7 days ago

We might not change THE world. But we may change someone's world. And so we should write, because we never know who will be touched by it.

"If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain"
—Emily Dickinson

writers-notebook.bsky.social•7 days ago

Part of storytelling's magic is that something so deeply personal can matter to someone that you've never met.

tmshannonauthor.com•7 days ago

I wanted to educate people on which neurotransmitters fire up when you fall in love/get busy, but it turned a working class narrative into a science textbook (sadly, bye bye)

I'll stick with challenging the notion that bisexual characters are just there for threesomes through a monogamous MC

writers-notebook.bsky.social•7 days ago

Dispelling stereotypes always matters.

But I hope you find a way to work the neurotransmitters in one day too. It can be magical when an author's other interests or passions become a part of their writing.

tmshannonauthor.com•6 days ago

Sticking with the basics "his brain chemicals caught fire" or my favourite "his chemical romance"

Actual names (phenyletylamine, dopamine, noradrenaline, oxytocin) would work best with a neuroscientist or a psych character

writers-notebook.bsky.social•6 days ago

They totally would.

I'm just going to say that I can picture a nerdy researcher-type who finally leaves the lab and uses way too many big words to explain what's happening to himself. Sounds pretty endearing actually.

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