Writing touches the deep recesses of my minds and hearts. We can point to books read that inspired, challenged, educated, and spurred us to activity. It is the last description that I will touch on.
Over the years many writers have written books, poems, stories and commentaries about the world as they see it. While writing can open our minds to new worlds, it should spur people to change the inequalities in our world. Much is happening as I write. The mortgage crisis, recession, the war in Iraq, the economy, medical care, and high prices are affecting all of us in some way. To me what makes a great writer is the way they can communicate with the readers. Poe, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Langston Hughes come to mind. After I read Malcolm X's autobiography, I could see where he was coming from and how he came to his conclusions.
I just want to say that whatever genre you choose to write, remember that you are effecting change no matter how subtle. Writing is not an idle pursuit of entertainment but affects those who you wish to affect.
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