Why?

"I Write Because I Love, And My Love Is Writing"

I have some envy for writers who are able to say such positive things about the why of their writing.

For myself, I do not write because of the good feelings I get from writing. I write because of the opposite, because not writing hurts. I write from all the dark places my thoughts turn to.

Someday, perhaps, I dream of writing a light-hearted story, something that I imagine Miyazaki would gladly turn into a film.

In the meantime, the subconscious chews over the conflicts in the world, the ordinary drudgeries of life, digests them, and incorporates them into a mind-flesh that considers shadows more than light.

Wow, that sounds pretentious! Bleah! Lol. And now, "Don't Stop Believin" by Journey.