Why Do Writers Write?

Why do we write? It's a great question to be considered. Writing can be lonely, self-effacing, all-consuming and alienating, yet we take it on— persistent moths to a retardant flame. And persistent we must be; in the face of rejection, denial, self-doubt, and the blank page, what drives us forward? What inherent mystery motivates writers to push through the suffocating madness of our own limitations— to react, skirt obstacles, learn and  evolve- first ourselves, then through ourselves, the...