{"id":8913,"date":"2015-10-20T16:28:24","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T20:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=8913"},"modified":"2024-09-11T21:00:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T01:00:44","slug":"why-i-write-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/20\/why-i-write-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Write @Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is “National Day of Writing” – <\/strong>sponsored by the National Writing Project, National Council of Teachers of English, the New York Times Learning Network, and the Teaching Channel.\u00a0 They\u00a0 “invite you to celebrate writing in all its forms.”<\/p>\n

I\u00a0still can’t get past the fact that “National Day of Writing” sounds like a typographical error.<\/p>\n

Writing can be a good thing as long as I don’t have to read too many emissions from political speechwriters.<\/p>\n

George Orwell<\/strong> wrote the best response I have seen on “Why I Write.”<\/a>\u00a0 But he died before Twitter was launched, so his work is no longer relevant.<\/p>\n

The National Day on Writing folks are encouraging people to tweet an answer to #WhyIWrite\u00a0.\u00a0\u00a0 My carping follows –<\/p>\n

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#WhyIWrite<\/a>? The judge gave me a choice: go to jail, join the Marines, or become a freelance writer.<\/p>\n

— James Bovard (@JimBovard) October 20, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n