One of the features editors originally planned for the @MilWritersGuild's #WhyWeWrite anthology was brief introductions of each of the 60+ essays. (Think "Bottom-Line Up-Front"!) This thread will be an attempt to re-create some of that concept. 1/
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In the introduction to
#WhyWeWrite,@MilWritersGuild President@ChrisGIngram presents "military writing" as an inclusive community of practice, a "big tent" that covers writers of fiction, non-fiction, journalism, history, scholarship, policy analysis, and more. 2/Prikaži ovu nit -
The
#WhyWeWrite anthology's first-of-four sections is "Calls to Action, Calls to Arms," and is loosely organized around stories of engaging either the public, or the "profession of arms," through writing. 3/Prikaži ovu nit -
In "Get Your Legacy in Writing,"
#WhyWeWrite co-editor@DoctrineMan makes the case for making one's mark in words, as well as deeds. "Most of us won’t write memoirs—frankly, we’re just not that interesting. But we all have experiences to share and lessons to pass on." 4/Prikaži ovu nit -
In "This Blog of Mine Goes Forth to War,"
#WhyWeWrite contributor William Treadway tells how his U.S. Army squadron chain-of-command once loved his blog about deploying to Afghanistan—until some of his words cut too close to home. Now, he writes fiction. And killer essays. 5/Prikaži ovu nit -
In "Pressing the Button,"
#WhyWeWrite essayist@jbyerly81 relates how he started the@FTGNotebook blog to exchange insights about military professionalism and leadership. 6/ Here's an excerpt:https://fromthegreennotebook.com/2019/11/29/why-i-write-pressing-the-button/ …Prikaži ovu nit -
#WhyWeWrite contributor & U.S. Navy veteran@AN_Goldstein once wrote fiction and poetry in journals. Now, she writes in "How the World I Imagined Became Real: "Writing about what mattered to me began to mean writing about reforming the *institutions* that mattered to me." 7/Prikaži ovu nit -
In his
#WhyWeWrite essay "Unraveling My Own Knowledge," U.S. Marine veteran@PhilKlay writes: "There is no form more perfect for expressing such conflicting feelings, ideas, moral sentiments, and experiences, than fiction." 8/Prikaži ovu nit -
#WhyWeWrite's@vanyaef shares how she discovered a whole new Clausewitz, via archival research that more fully revealed his editor wife. "Through Marie’s eyes, Clausewitz was not a distant genius or a vexing philosopher of war […] He was an imperfect man and a messy writer." 9/Prikaži ovu nit -
In his
#WhyWeWrite essay "A Tall Ship … and a Story to Steer Her By," U.S. Navy aviator@McCainJack tells how his father's gift of a 1951 novel about British sailors in WWII, revealed the powers of story in a life of service, in creating bonds, and in weathering sacrifice. 10/Prikaži ovu nit -
In
#WhyWeWrite, Marcia Byrom Hartwell writes "Bridging the Civil-Military Divide." She observed differences in styles & agendas as a U.S. Army civilian advisor in Iraq, 2009-2011. Wrote a book: “Negotiating Civil-Military Space: Redefining Roles in an Unpredictable World.” 11/Prikaži ovu nit -
Historian
@WWATMD in#WhyWeWrite's "William Sims and Sailors as Scholars": "The sailors who really made a difference […] engaged in professional discourse well before they assumed the highest responsibilities of command. Our military and our nation are better for it." 12/Prikaži ovu nit -
In a creative approach to the
#WhyWeWrite theme that the editors regarded as "practically poetry,"@mil_LEADER 's founder Andrew Steadman's essay includes a rapid-fire of objectives, including: "I write seeking the positive, because negativity is exceedingly abundant." 13/Prikaži ovu nit -
In
#WhyWeWrite, historian, door-gunner, & U.S. Army Nat'l Guard PAO@Msummerslowe writes "How I Fell in Love with AP Style, but Settled Down in Doctrine": "As long as I’m an Army writer, I’ll be with my soldiers, trying to find a disciplined voice in the chaos of ambiguity." 14/Prikaži ovu nit -
In his
@MilWritersGuild#WhyWeWrite essay "Writing and our#Profession," Australian Army officer@WarintheFuture observes he's "a better soldier, a better leader, and a better person" because of his writing practices. Bonus: Check out#TheForgeWrites: http://ow.ly/qMAt30q15Ee 15/Prikaži ovu nit -
The
#WhyWeWrite anthology's second-of-four sections is "War Stories." It includes authors' stories of writing successes … and lessons-learned. 16/ Buy the book in print & Kindle:http://amzn.to/2OZktFNPrikaži ovu nit -
In "The Squeaky Wheel and The Expanded Universe," U.S. Marine veteran
@kate_germano tells of finding a network: "military, veteran, and civilian alike—who shared my perspectives or were at least willing to have mutually respectful, professional conversations."#WhyWeWrite 17/Prikaži ovu nit -
In his essay "How I Write," U.S. Army veteran Robert L. Bateman cheekily offers some step-by-step advice about writing. "It is simple," he begins … 1. Become Obsessed 2. Love Words
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In her
#WhyWeWrite essay "The Proof is in the Jump," U.S. Army veteran Jocelyn Corbin tells of her encounters with "Sgt. Airborne" at parachuting school: "I wasn’t pushed," she writes. "I jumped." What does that have to do with writing? Everything. 19/Prikaži ovu nit -
In
#WhyWeWrite's "Basic Training Teaches More than Marching and Maneuvers," U.S. Army veteran Ben Wilbert fondly remembers memorizing texts & writing letters home. "For some, these habits [...] awoke a latent interest in the written word, reading, and even for writing." 20/Prikaži ovu nit -
In "We Write Alone, but We Are Not Alone," U.S. Army veteran & author
@JessicaScott09 says: "I write because the bulk of war fiction out there focuses on men’s stories, and I wanted to see my sisters on the page as the stars of the show, instead of a side note."#WhyWeWrite 21/Prikaži ovu nit -
In
#WhyWeWrite's "Remembering Private First Class Hutson," former Dept. of State FSO Peter Van Buren witnesses a U.S. soldier's memorial service in Iraq. Van Buren later wrote a memoir, “We Meant Well,” about his time as a Provincial Reconstruction Team chief. 22/Prikaži ovu nit -
In "On First Drafts and Embracing the Suck," memoirist
@DoctorFaz tells of revelation: "[I]n letting go of shame, I made room for joy and gratitude. The most surprising responses were from fellow Marines who said, 'you’re not alone; I have a story for you.'"#WhyWeWrite 23/Prikaži ovu nit -
In "Writing Myself to Sleep," U.S. Army veteran
@goat_path interrogates himself on dark nights: "Through these conversations we can [...] hopefully, bridge the gap between veterans and civilians. To show that, despite our differences, we’re all just people."#WhyWeWrite 24/Prikaži ovu nit -
In "Writing as an Airman and as a Civilian,"
@matthew_komatsu says writers can focus on veterans' battlefield heroics, or the struggles they later face negotiating day-to-day living. "You can get all of the former on your own […] I’m here to deliver the latter."#WhyWeWrite 25/Prikaži ovu nit -
In "Finding 'Ashley's War,'"
@GayleLemmon writes of Cultural Support Teams: "They were forever changed by the experience of serving at the tip of the spear at time when, officially, women remained banned from ground combat. And America had no idea they existed."#WhyWeWrite 26/Prikaži ovu nit -
In "Some True Lies about Conflict Reporting,"
@CarmenGentile writes: "For me, creating a compelling, true story—one of love of family and tribe and hate for your enemy—is its own addiction."#WhyWeWrite 27/Prikaži ovu nit -
In "The Three Pillars of T.E. Lawrence,"
@HalWilson_ seeks truths in "Lawrence of Arabia": "To be sure, Lawrence is not a perfect writer. His exuberance can grow exhausting; his descriptions [...] are sometimes inflated. (He was, after all, a staff officer.)"#WhyWeWrite 28/Prikaži ovu nit -
"I wanted [my soldiers] to be able to kill. However, I also wanted them to be able to understand the ethical challenge of killing," writes British Army veteran &
@DEF_Aus director@helmandproject in "Armour Against Atrocity: Writing to Find One’s Moral Compass."#WhyWeWrite 29/Prikaži ovu nit -
Vietnam dustoff pilot Robert Robeson in "Beating the Muse into Submission": "A favorite adage among chopper jockeys in ’Nam […] is 'Helicopter pilots don’t fly. They just beat the air into submission.' I’ve applied this philosophy to my freelance writing career."
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