Why Write?

Excerpt

Those of us who spend a significant amount of our time each day reading, writing, revising, and discussing texts of one sort or another may periodically ask ourselves the question: “Why write?” It is a good question, a fair question, and a necessary question. Why spend long hours composing sentences, drafting and re-drafting paragraphs, or making certain tables of data are correct in order to show that an article tells the story it is meant to tell? If it is done for the pursuit of tenure, the seeking of some other form of recognition, or for economic benefit, then this process may become unsustainable both emotionally and intellectually over the long term. …