Why do you write?

 A while ago, Anna Faversham, whose books I always enjoy, posed a question on her Goodreads blog. 

The question was, "Why do you write?" She received half a dozen answers, which you can see  at 

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6905076.Anna_Faversham/blog. 

The answers were surprisingly varied, suggesting this is actually a more complex question than one might think. So I'm asking the same question of my blog, Facebook and other social media readers/followers:

If you write, why do you write? 

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