WHY do you choose to write?

jillianburks · Jun 16, 2009

I was thinking about when I first started writing and what pushed me- and then I looked at why I write now. I just wonder what pushes everyone else.
For me, I write for three reasons: the satisfy myself, the make a difference, and to prove my nemesis wrong.

I'm just curious, what are the reasons y’all write?

archerjoe · Jun 16, 2009

I write for an outlet for the stories tumbling around in my head. Now that I've received positive feedback from several different people including strangers, I feel pretty good about it.

scarletpeaches · Jun 16, 2009

I don't choose.

Unless you say I choose to breathe, sleep and eat.

thethinker42 · Jun 16, 2009

Wait, I have a choice?

Huh.

*writes anyway*

Acoustic · Jun 16, 2009

Well I initially started writing because I was a bored little girl.

Then in my early teens I also began writing again to prove someone wrong (I am illiterate, apparently, because I did not memorize the thesaurus).

And I kind of gave up on writing until last month. I began again because I have a huge crush on this guy and I realized the only way I could admit my feelings of love for him were through a carefully coded story. And then when I sent the story to him I realized that I felt more satisfied having actually written something. I didn't care so much about his response after that.

Now I write because I'm scared I'll forget all of my ideas unless I get them down on paper!

ccarver30 · Jun 16, 2009

If I don't my characters will drive me insane.

Salis · Jun 16, 2009

It's either this or masturbate.

Judg · Jun 16, 2009

Honestly, there are quite a few other things I could be doing with my life and be perfectly happy. But health issues have made most of them impossible, and the desire to write has been in the back of my mind since I was six. So now I'm doing it. And I will confess to wanting to challenge readers a bit, get them to see things from a different perspective. And make them enjoy it.

sheadakota · Jun 16, 2009

I need to keep the voices in my head happy

Diana W. · Jun 16, 2009

I chose to write because I had a story running around in my head that I thought would be cool and make a good movie. (Maybe one day ya never know

) Trouble is now I've started I don't think I'll ever be able to stop.

jannawrites · Jun 16, 2009

I know it sounds hokey and cliche (though I noticed others have said it), but the writing chose me. It's an outlet, it's art, it's therapy, it's fun.

scarletpeaches · Jun 16, 2009

CLICHED.

It's cliched, not cliche.

*and...breathe...*

jannawrites · Jun 16, 2009

You knew what I meant, see? Was it really worth a snarky post?

Looks okay to me: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cliche

scarletpeaches · Jun 16, 2009

Um...yes, I knew what you meant. And that wasn't snarky. The comment at the end kinda showed that I was taking the piss out of myself.

It's like when people say "I could care less." Yes, I know what they mean. Doesn't make it right though.

*slinks off*

Salis · Jun 16, 2009

I could care less.

KTC · Jun 16, 2009

Same reason I fart. To get it out.

ccv707 · Jun 16, 2009

All of the above.

redasphalt · Jun 16, 2009

Because my husband has all the talent as an artist, so I need something creative that I can be good at.

Matera the Mad · Jun 16, 2009

Because I read.

scarletpeaches · Jun 16, 2009

Is it just me or does anyone else have a God complex?

Surely writing is the ultimate in control-freakery.

KTC · Jun 16, 2009

scarletpeaches said:
Is it just me or does anyone else have a God complex?

Surely writing is the ultimate in control-freakery.

I had a God complex way before I began to write. I think it first happened when I was four. It all started when I hit a light-switch. I created light with a flick of the switch. I am a God.

scarletpeaches · Jun 16, 2009

Who created the lightbulb?

KTC · Jun 16, 2009

scarletpeaches said:
Who created the lightbulb?

Who cares. I harnessed its powers with a flick of a switch. I can bring little people into my living room by turning on my TV. I'm a frickin' God genius. Buttons create magic. And all I have to do is touch them. Tell me the cavemen wouldn't bow to my awesome power.

scarletpeaches · Jun 16, 2009

The caveman would hit you with his club and tell you to stay on topic.

The Lonely One · Jun 16, 2009

Salis said:
It's either this or masturbate.

What's the difference?

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