Writing is Magic #mfrwauthor

Welcome to week 26, mid-way through the year-long challenge. The question is "Why I Write?"



Sometimes there is one answer to the question, other days the question is more of a negative, "Why am I writing?" This post is going to be short. No lessons, no advice to new writers. Not even an answer to the second question as to why I am still writing.

I could use the standard answer I've heard from writers which is, "Because I can't not write." But I won't.


The truth is I write for the same reason many readers delve into a book--escape from the reality of everyday life.I've always loved to escape into other worlds, whether I became a fast-gun in the American West, an interplanetary explorer, a suave spy, or a fire-throwing mage. Fantasy allows me to create environments where magic lives and heroes rule. Being able to hang out with dragons or horses with a touch of magic in their souls are other reasons why I write fantasies.

And because I am also a reader, my hope is that by my writing, whoever reads it enjoys a respite from their own travails as they fly with dragons and sail with mages.
 
~till next time, Helen. And be sure to visit the other posts in the challenge to see how the authors answer the question, "Why I Write?"