I write, therefore I am

Most of the time it’s just a quiet passion. A part of my everyday passion. I don’t talk about it a lot because I worry about boring others. But I write every morning. Every morning my current work of fiction gets longer. Sometimes by a little. Sometimes by a lot. But that doesn’t matter. If no words have been put to the page, then I feel as though I haven’t lived that day.

Since starting uni when I was eighteen, I have written every day except one. With everything that happened that day, there just wasn’t the emotional or mental space to fit it in. But not writing that day still felt wrong.

I write because I love my characters. I love the stories they have to tell. I want to see where they will go next. I want to know where their stories will end. I like the ups and downs. I like the challenges they have to deal with. I know I push my characters through darkness, to see how it changes them. I like exploring the cause and effect. I like not taking the easy way out so my characters can have a perfect happy ending. Life isn’t perfect. Perfection doesn’t exist anyway. Change is a way of life. We shouldn’t ignore that. We shouldn’t assume a change because of negative circumstances can only be negative itself. I like exploring the nuances. Life isn’t black and white. There are many shades of grey. And those shades can create a beautiful and complex picture. A complete whole made of many imperfections.

That is writing to me. That is why I write. If I can write things that connect with others or inspire others, that’s a bonus. If I can write things which show others that complex nuance of life, even better.

I write for the love of it. For my characters. I write because I am a writer. A writer is who I am.