Why I write

When I signed up for the GLV Writers Group The Write Stuff conference, I had to answer the question, "why I write?" I put down the first reason that came to me. That I'm tired of reading the same recycled plots and themes. True, yet the question lingered in my mind. Writing has always been something I'm passionate about. When I'm not reading, I'm writing. It allows me to get out what's trapped inside that I don't know how to voice. It's therapeutic. The more I processed those three words, it hit me. Writing gives me a voice. It doesn't matter if no one ever reads it,. What matters is I'm able to get out what I suppress. All the feels. All the emotions. What weighs heavy on my mind. I don't have to be perfect. Just being me has already been enough to uplift others. To put smiles on their faces. At the end of the day, that's the reward in becoming a published author.