Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text message to composing an op-ed, writing allows you to, at once, name your pain and create distance from it.

Source: https://pixabay.com/en/writing-diary-female-sitting-1055085/ Well, I grabbed your attention with the title of this blog, but what I’m really trying to tell ...

I doubt that writers are people “who need to write,” as some people say. That claim seems a bit limited and dramatic. But writing does seem to exercise of a part of the brain that, in some people, ...