{"id":13234,"date":"2024-05-31T19:13:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T02:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=13234"},"modified":"2024-05-31T19:13:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T02:13:25","slug":"writers-open-doors-to-flights-of-imagination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/writers-open-doors-to-flights-of-imagination\/","title":{"rendered":"Writers: Open doors to flights of imagination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Grant-Faulkner.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13235\" style=\"width:313px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c. . . the urge to be a writer is a generous act at its core: we want to share our story with others, to give them a world that will open doors to insights and flights of the imagination.\u201d \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/grantfaulkner.com\/bio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grant Faulkner<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Excerpted from \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/app-link\/post?publication_id=175169&amp;post_id=143787356&amp;utm_source=post-email-title&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=39jzkh&amp;token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxOTc0NDc2MzMsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE0Mzc4NzM1NiwiaWF0IjoxNzEzNzA3OTE1LCJleHAiOjE3MTYyOTk5MTUsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xNzUxNjkiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.DKTNF3DHczQoVNytnrbcrtjcXN5IsnvOVYeNnLXNsLc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sharing stories, sharing yourself<\/a>,\u201d from Grant\u2019s Substack newsletter on writing and creativity, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/grantfaulkner.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Intimations: A Writer&#8217;s Discourse.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/grantfaulkner.substack.com\/\">\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grant:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a boy, I spent my allowance on all sorts of pens and paper, so there was never much question I would become a writer. 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