Great article Brenda, sharing some fantastic views about writing, so eloquently written. I think writing says something about our "inner soul" and even the parts of ourselves we don't like. When we write, everything and anything can come out and we are forced to "retract" or "delete" many things, to make us "presentable" to the world. I think that's why writing is very self-empowering, as there is control at our hands literally, to "edit" the bad bits.