As a novelist, people ask me all sorts of cool questions, but today Larramie of The Divining Wand is asking one I haven’t gotten before: Why do you write?
Today, I’m over at her blog answering that very question.
Larramie is also giving away a free copy of my novel, Empty Arms, to one lucky commenter — so be sure to stop by and check it out!
Fellow writers: Why do you write?
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I write because if I don’t, I feel like I will go crazy. And by writing, I mean anything from a blog post, to a journal entry, to a Facebook note, to a chapter or two on my WIPs. I even like writing lists for goodness sake. I have to keep writing. If I don’t, I don’t think I’d be happy.
“I even like writing lists for goodness sake.” — I totally get that, Ashley. There’s something magical and cathartic about putting pen to paper, even if it is only to remind yourself to pick up toilet paper!
I write because I don’t feel like I have a choice. Writing helps me, as well as helps others. Writing is the most difficult and easy thing for me to do.
Indeed, Jim. Sometimes it truly does feel like writing picked me and not the way around. It’s amazing how much stress and anxiety I can let go when I sit down in front of my computer and begin typing. It’s the best therapy I’ve ever known!
Absolutely. That make’s total sense to me! I’m amazed that I kind of ignored it and kind of set my writing aside as nothing for as long as I did. Only now I truly realize how miserable I was when not creating!
I hear you…one of my biggest regrets is abandoning my creative soul while pursuing corporate success. No wonder I was so unhappy and unfulfilled!