Writing group prompt – Why I write

The one writing group I’m in has a prompt for every month. This month’s was “Why I write?” I came up with the following:

At first, I was going to say I write because it’s fun, but that’s not true. Yes, coming up with story ideas and exploring the plot possibilities is fun, but I’m taking writing to mean putting words on a page or a screen. Most times that is the opposite of fun, i.e., work. For the last few months I’ve been trying to write something every day, even if it’s just a sentence. But...