Why Write?

How asking yourself this question often can help you do it better

Susan Orlean
Creators Hub
Published in
4 min readMay 9, 2022

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I’ve been writing for a living my entire working life. I did a brief stint waiting tables (something I think everyone should do at some point in their life, for all the lessons you will learn about time management, food, the treatment of service people, and how to charm your way to better tips) but other than that, all I’ve ever done…

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Susan Orlean
Creators Hub

Staff writer, The New Yorker. Author of The Library Book, The Orchid Thief, and more…Head of my very own Literati.com book club (join me!)