The Guild

Our writing mirrors the pain and joy of our experience. In knowing who we are and writing from it, we help the world by giving it understanding. We reach out and let our concerns be known. We speak out against injustices. We fulfill our function… and we can do so, more effectively, not just as individuals but as part of the community.

The Writers’ Guild is one nurturing community. Our own. Within which, you’re accepted, understood, trusted and respected as a valuable being; where one is encouraged to learn and grow. As members, we have a responsibility to write as truthfully as we can, and to live as truthfully as we can. We don’t confine ourselves to works of arts and literature but extend to humanitarian works. We expand our boundaries. We create The Guild’s projects — benefiting not just our small community but the much larger communities as well.

When you’re in The Guild. You know you’re not alone. In times of personal adversity, The Guild is one support system… where friendships deepen, bonds strengthened, and human respect heightened. One other very special thing about The Guild is that, it’s powered and well-supported by wonderful, loving, kind souls — our mentors, advisers, publishers and benefactors. We thank them profusely for making our voices be heard.

As Natalie Goldberg said, “We are important and our lives are important, magnificent really, and their details are worthy to be recorded. This is how writers must think, this is how we must sit down with pen in hand.” Our details are important. Write on… unafraid, uninhibited, uncensored! It’s freedom. It’s the greatest high.

Author: Joy Marqueses, True Friends Newsmag

*Published in True Friends Newsmag (August 2008 issue)