Why do you write?

[Beautifuly Depressing ;)]

I write to release what im feeling. Sometimes I write to make a statement. I'm attempting to write a book if I post it up here will anyone read it. It's called BLUE

[Heather]

I write to keep myself from disappearing. I went through a really dark depression between the ages of 12 and 25. Writing was the only thing that kept me from sinking deeper into the shadows I had created in my mind. I still struggle with depression, but I am always at my best when I have a pen in hand (because I still put pen to paper to better connect with the story) or keys under my fingers.

[Sergio]

Writing for me is, in a way, bringing existance to a world that would otherwise not exist. Taking what is on the canvass of the mind and putting it on paper for everyone to read and maybe even enjoy. It's oftentimes an endearing process to bring these characters from my imagination to the page, and often times a heartbreak when I have to say my goodbyes to them. I don't think I have ever written a story where I see myself as the main character, instead just a passanger in this person's life. Most of the time tha character writes him/her self, and I'm just along for the ride. Or maybe I'm just a little crazy. That could be it.

[Martin]

Not at all Sergio, in "The Kenaturide," Tanita was only supposed to play a minor part, but I found her so endearing that I had to tell her entire story and the book(s) became about her.
Besides, sanity is a relative term, particularly in that relatives are generally the greatest test of our sanities... :-)

[S.K.]

I enjoy writing for many reasons, but for me as my writing is an autobiography, it has been for letting my mind free from my past. Now I have started to write more as to me it has been a source of therapy per se. What made me start was the fact that I have told so many stories of my life over and over to so many people/public that it was starting to get to the point of 'why'? Now I can tell people who want me to tell the same stories over to just buy my book. I also find it intriguing and this may only pertain to me, but since my book has been published and even in a short time, it has created a divorce, landed a man in jail, saved a person(s)life who portrayed themselves as a character in my book (not hard to put two and two together) but showed the true colors of who they were with. Has been an interesting time and I will continue to write. For me it is the most relaxing moment I have. Good post

Sincerely,
S.K. Ballinger

[Sergio]

Thanks Martin! I know exactly what you mean, the constant evolution of characters is just so awesome haha

[[deleted user]]

I write primarily for my own pleasure; the feeling of challenge and then satisfaction is a constant buzz to me. I do also get a kick out of sharing my writing with others in my group of friends. I see writing as the best of all worlds, self entertainment which doesn't cost much with the pleasure of sharing. The cherry on the cake must be entering and winning competitions - there is no feeling like it.

[Adriana]

I write because it just feels like a part of me, like I'm not complete unless I'm crafting a story (even if its only in my mind). Because it still feels like playing make believe, where I can be anyone, doing anything, anywhere in the world that I want. I write what I like to read and those tastes vary wildly depending on the month (or even the day), always with a dash of romance because I love LOVE.

[Ichor]

For it is the escapism and that high when you're running with a story watching it all pour out of your fingers. I've always been able to communicate better on paper and I've always felt the need to create. The writing life is for me.

[Paul]

As for me, I write because it is a way of keeping memories of my friends and treasured life events I encountered. I would normally use names of my friends as key characters in my stories and weave them together in a plot and setting I made.

The world we see it is limited, but the world imagined is limitless, and I write to create worlds that captures the hearts of people.

[[deleted user]]

I write out of the need to create. It's not something that comes easy to me, but a compulsion to mould and experiment lies at the heart of my very essence. Without the capacity to do so, I am driven to an almost nihilist state of depression.
Through numerous reinventions, I have discovered the written word to be the most fundamental, engaging, and rewarding medium to work with. As cruel a mistress as it can be, creative writing is the sunshine that pulls me from my bed each day.

[Unni]

I write to let my imaginations run wild and free. I write as an escape to the world live with imaginations where impossibles are possibles. I write as I love to write. As an author I have started placing baby steps by getting my first work (Hunters-Unni M. Kakanadan) published but even I know I gotta work out more to become a good one. So we can say I write to make my imaginations run wild and reach all corners of the globe and I also love telling stories. ;)

[Roger]

I'm an avid reader, and came up with a plot line of my own, and was talked into writing it. I used to write when I was younger, but just stopped.

Anyway, I wrote the one novel and found I loved it - I write action adventure - and now I've completed 12 novels, a couple of novellas (ones in editing at the moment) and a few short stories.

It looks like I'll only stop if I ever run out of new plots, or characters.

[Roxanne]

I write for my characters, to get their stories across to a large variety of people. :)

[Pauly]

Julie wrote: What compels you to write?

life compels me man.

i gotta write or i will just shrivel up into this little ball of mucus and disintegrate like the wicked witch, all steamy and melty and whining.

dude, i've been writing like a madman since like, 1993 and it's all been poetry and nonsense and i never got around to really giving a novel a good try.

well my novel comes out in 24 days and i could not be more nervous, more terrified and more happy than i am right now.

it's like i've been pushing a turd for two years though. ugh. come out in Jesus name.

or something like that.

gotta tell ya. the novel has got to be one of the worst things even invented by man to create, but one of the best things invented by man to enjoy.

"writing is a sprint, editing is a marathon" -me

such words lay on top of my head and scream their banshee cries late into the night while i struggle to not look at porn, not look at facebook, not, not, not download this or that and makes me hate the fact that i began to write a novel in the first place.

alas.

and yet, i grab the proof, and my sweaty red marker, and with great relish begin to create rivers of blood on the beautiful typeset that has been returned to me by the publisher... and smile a little with each gash.

someday i will look on today and laugh at my childishness.

or i will invent a time machine and travel back and tell myself to take up sculpting.

[Heather]

To tell a story I think needs to be told.

[Brandon]

I simply love the language, stories, imagination, and creativity. I love books and stories. I don't think there's anything more beautiful, and I love anything supernatural and magical, whether dark or light, so when I write, I really try to create some imaginative, surreal settings and situations, and tell them through troubled, flawed characters who are usually down on their luck, pained in some way, but searching or hoping for beauty. Sometimes they find it, sometimes they don't.

[TM]

I write to experience the vary lives of the beings of which wouldn't be able to exist in the real world. In books these creatures are able to pop off the pages and drag their readers into the world from which they came from. And I would create a paranormal romance that just grabs the reader out of the real world and into the otherworld.

[Curt]

As the screenwriter of Taxi Driver Paul Schrader once said, "Writing is therapy". That is why I write, because I have too.

I enjoy the thriller/suspense genres because they provide a realistic narrative. My first novel is Box Cutter Killer.

[Curt]

Michael wrote: "I write as an escape, cliché as it sounds. I'm always lost in my mind and in my memories that I begin to suffocate myself with things I rather not remember. at the same time I need to write it down..."

Michael wrote: "I write as an escape, cliché as it sounds. I'm always lost in my mind and in my memories that I begin to suffocate myself with things I rather not remember. at the same time I need to write it down..."

That makes perfect sense to me. I am sure that is why people also read books and see movies; it's an escape from everyday existence.

[Catherine]

I write because I don't like the way things are now. I write about worlds that are better and everything I wished would happen.

[[deleted user]]

TO KILL REALITY!

[Daring]

I write because books saved me and greatly influenced my life. I hope that one of my stories would help someone. Also, if I didn't write, my head and heart would explode from all the ideas and emotions inside.

[Brynn]

I am working on my first book right now which I am hoping to be in the Teen to YA group. My daughter is who inspires me to write. I am currently working on a story line that is based off of her and her life story. She is my hero and love all she has over come from being born death, to reconstruction surgeries (13 of them), to learning to play the drums and becoming an amazing drummer in her school and her accomplishments. I would like it to be an inspiring book for others and not letting anything slow them down.

[Rod]

I write for the same reason a dog licks himself; because he can.

[Christopher]

Hi every one,

You all have great answers.

I write to read.

Thanks, Chris.

[Alaric the King]

Saeva indignatio, that's why I write.

[Michael]

I write to let all the crazy voices escape.

[Thomas J.]

I write, for language is beautiful, if put together right.

[John]

I have been writing for about 8 years and I am writing because it is useful for someone. I work as a writer on a writing service https://paperell.com/apa-style-papers. And I write complex works using complex techniques and I write everything including APA-style papers. I know that I benefit others and help people make their learning easier. I am very glad that it is useful for society. After all, writing is a mental process.

[Unni]

I write coz it takes me to a whole new universe where I can understand what I missed or over looked and helps me to become better. And, when I write, I can let my imaginations soar the heaven/dig the hell (run wild & free).