Why Did You Start Writing?

[Bree]

I had to quit my job because of Chronic Fatigue. I'm not one to rest on my laurels (although that's exactly what I'm supposed to do with CF, but that's another story...)
I decided I would be an Author. I always scribbled, and had a couple of mostly finished manuscripts, so I decided to see if I could make any money publishing my works.
Now, two years later, I am still suffering CF, I didn't make my fortune, but I am still writing and publishing. It feels good to be able to do SOMETHING, even if that something takes two to three times as long as it should because of all the necessary resting...

[Glenda]

Bree, I understand because I have fibro and diabetes, writing is one thing I can do. I am learning how to be an author! I just wanted to let you know that I will be lifting you up.

[Dionne]

I had this character in my head that kept bugging me and bugging me to write her story. I kept ignoring her for years. After a while, I went fine whatever and I wrote her story. Unfortunely and maybe fortunately, I opened a can of worms and more characters started coming to my head demanding to have their story written.

I haven't stopped writing since then. heh

[Kristin]

I got tired of everything I watched/read or played having a gloomy feel to it. The world has enough of that already, so I wanted to create the ideal world that readers could escape into :)

[Thomas]

Kristin wrote: "I got tired of everything I watched/read or played having a gloomy feel to it. The world has enough of that already, so I wanted to create the ideal world that readers could escape into :)"

That's something everyone needs once in a while!

[Tamir]

For me it's more like I re-discovered writing. I've always had a knack for writing but somehow lost myself and it in the hustle and bustle of living. Lately I've had a burning in my soul to share my work with people whether they like it or not. I guess it's really rather self-serving. Write and out goes the flame, for awhile.

[Luke]

I hated the books I was forced to read in school. They were boring. Very boring. So I wanted to write books that kids would enjoy reading in school. Well, I am a far cry from that now. Now I write for the pure enjoyment of it, and because people tell me I'm good at it. *shrugs* I love a good story and I love to create things. I think if I never made any money off my writing, I would still write. I just couldn't hold the stories inside. I couldn't NOT write.

[Misty]

One reason I starting writing because in early grade school I sat with the rest of my class and listened to my teacher read to us a very interesting book . . . until it got to the end. I was very disappointed and rewrote the ending to my liking. I've been writing ever since.