WHY DO YOU WRITE?

Because I can't NOT write.

Shadow_Ferret said:

Because I can't NOT write.

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Exactly.

Because I read Twilight and it completely changed my life.

Cause I have neat ideas and I'd like to share them. And jabbering them at people seems counterproductive.

I have to write. It's a sanity thing....

It's a part of my identity. I do it because it is what I do.

Because I like to eat. Electricity is nice, too.

Also, I enjoy it.

... 'cause I'm no good at anything else. Not that I'm that good at writing, either. Still, I ain't awful at it as I am at other things, giving me hope that with much effort and continued practise I may achieve a small degree of success.

It's stops the people in my head from talking to much.

Because I'm incurably nosy and I can butt into my characters' lives in ways that would get me arrested in real life.

I write fiction because one day, a story came up to me while I was waiting to get on a plane and demanded I write it. Since then, they've been queuing up.

Other writing is mainly to pay the bills.

I write to convince myself that I'm human.

aadams73 said:

Because I like to eat. Electricity is nice, too.

Also, I enjoy it.

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You mean you actually get PAID for writing? Wow.

2old2pb said:

I write to convince myself that I'm human.

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And how's that going for you?

With my current WIP - I write because I am DETERMINED to finish the damn thing. (Six years, three computers, four houses, two cities have gone by in my life but I STILL have my baby!)
I like to write. Even though I also wonder if I have other stories to tell. Surely I do - guess I'll keep writing to find out!
And sometimes I write for my job. In lots of varied forms.

I write because if I didn't people would actually have to listen to me talk.

Because I need an outlet for all the stories in my head.

Because I feel like other people might enjoy this story.

It gives me a really fantastic excuse to be a recluse.

Jane

For reasons mentioned here, inability not to write, and sanity.

My mind has too many thoughts in a day for me to feel okay just ignoring them all. I have to record them to know that they weren't in vain, and that my perspective, experience, and knowledge is progressing at some level.

With those thoughts come along characters, dialogue, scenarios, blog posts, book ideas, etc. etc. They are just there to make it easier to "get" the ideas behind them.

Because I've read thousands upon thousands of novels, and in the past few years I've started to come up with great ideas. After realizing that nobody was going to psychically pull these ideas out of my brian and write the novels for my enjoyment, I decided that I would have to write them.

I have a slightly different answer to others here. I've never read a book or watched a movie that made me go weak at the knees with excitement. My favourite books and movies are pretty damn good books and movies, but they had room for improvement. I want to write a story (preferably storIES) that I adore, something that is right up my alley, my cuppa tea and makes me go weak at the knees. Heck, if I piddle myself a little with glee, I'm fulfilled.

Haven't done that yet, so I keep writing.