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Words: Friends or Foe? How can writing help you.

quirkywords
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People can be afraid of words as they have no confidence in what they write. Maybe at school teachers have said negative things about their writing or their parents have said they don't write well.

Some people are anxious to write their first post as they wonder if they will make sense to others.

I believe words are your friends and everyone who can read this can write in meaningful way.

I want to look at how writing can help you

1) by helping you to explain and express your feelings to others

2) allowing you to connect to others through your words

3) by keeping a journal or starting a thread here and learn from your own writing and read others.

4) by helping you work out how to change certain behaviours

and many more we can share with each other.

To start at the beginning : Are words your friend or foe?

When you see a blank page or screen are you filled with fear or are you excited at the challenge.

Does writing words down help you more or in a different way to speaking them?

Everyone is welcome to contribute, first time posters , regulars, people who don't like writing , people who find they go the character limit for the post every time.

Write on

Quirky

PS writing in this context is same as typing , or using voice to text.

I want to look at how words can help you express your thoughts and emotions?

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Dear Quirky.....yes I could manage that OK....I think I may have been given false information when someone told me I had to include my email address so that people could reply and contribute to the blog...this doesn't seem correct. If this isn't needed to be published on the blog... then there is nothing holding me back really...except get someone to design the artwork, the layout etc at which I need help....there are plenty of website designers, so surely there is a "blog designer"who will do it for me ....I'd enjoy it sooooo much!!

Hello everyone.

I wonder if there are other people like me who use words confidently but when feel down o4 tired and they need words, their skill at writing expressively really does not work.