National Day on Writing is celebrated every year on October 20th in the United States. This day is observed to celebrate writing and the many places, reasons, and ways to write each day. You can celebrate this day by writing something new, posting on social media, and encouraging others to celebrate National Day on Writing. You can arrange community activities such as a writing marathon, poetry slam, or journal read-in. If you are a teacher, you can organize a classroom activity encouraging the students to write, offering them exercises to stretch their imaginations and express their perspectives through the written word.
National Day on Writing will be celebrated on Sunday, October 20, 2024.
Motivational Quotes for Writers
“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.”
– Toni Morrison (Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison, American novelist & college professor, 1931 – 2019)
“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”
– Terry Pratchett (English humorist and author, 1948 – 2015)
“There’s more to life than books, you know. But not much more.”
– Morrissey (English singer, songwriter, and author, born in 1959)
“I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson (Scottish novelist and poet, 1850 – 1894)
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”
– Theodore Roosevelt (26th president of the United States, 1858 – 1919)
“Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.”
– Norman Mailer (American novelist, journalist, playwright, film-maker and actor, 1923 – 2007)
“A word after a word after a word is power.”
– Margaret Atwood (Canadian poet and novelist, born in 1939)
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
– Maya Angelou (American poet, author and civil rights activist, 1928 – 2014)
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