Today is the National Day on Writing, so I thought I'd spend a few minutes on the subject and attempt to answer the question without sounding like a rambling fool.
*Because I love breathing life into words and turning syllables and sentences into pictures that come alive.
*Because a blank Word document is not a thing of absence but of possibility.
*Because there are a million what-ifs in the world and some of them belong to me.
*Because creating a paper world that becomes real is wonderful, fun, and exciting, even if, at times, it is also frustrating and difficult.
*Because the characters that live in the word machine in my head want their stories told and I'm afraid if I don't, they'll chase me into the darkest parts of my cerebellum and take over my entire existence and they'll make me wear neon-green spandex and give up coffee... Ahem. Sorry about that.
So there you have a few of my reasons. If you'd like to participate via Twitter, use the hashtag #whyIwrite or feel free to drop a comment here, too.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
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Because it's the most satisfying form of play I know.
Because it helps me make sense of the world.
Because there are things I need to say and speech is too difficult.
Because I love the sound of language and the look of letters.
Because it feels so good when my fingers dance across the keyboard.
Because I like being read.
Good ones! I tried to do some of these but they always come out...evvvviiiil.
"Because I like to kill people in horrible ways."
See what I mean!?
Ruth, thank you for stopping by! Those are great reasons!
Anthony, will it make you feel better if I tell you that one of my reasons is because scaring people is fun? I must have accidentally left that off my list. ;)
That last one sounds strangely familiar. ;P
Why do I write?
The need is as natural to me as breathing.
I'm alive on the page in front of me.
The main reason of course is, where else do nightmares go? In some lopsided justice, I get to choose the ended. Maybe, play out the cruelty and madness while pretending to be perfectly sane.
When we write, we're more than singular - far more. (Hugs)Indigo
I write because my professional wrestling career was cut short by a lack of interest.
I write because I can.
Indigo and Aaron, thank you so much for your comments! And Aaron, it's probably for the best. Wrestling is much tougher on the body than writing. ;)
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