It's mostly a form of expression. I have always loved a good story, and once I actually started writing myself, I wanted to write unique, interesting, and hopefuly engrosssing reads. I try to delve into human emotion as best I can, to make my worlds and stories as believable as possible. It's, actually something that is a little tricky for me to truly explain.
That, and it is fun. I love coming up with new ideas (I likely have too many to ever flesh them all out). And, well, yeah. I guess that's all I can really say.
"In a fair fight I would have killed you."
"Well that's not much insentive for me to fight fair now is it?" (PotC: TCftBP)
I'm probably dead already, but that doesn't mean I can't take a few scumbags with me. ~Jak
You know, I haven't really thought about it until now. I chose the 'express myself' option, but I had to think a bit first. If a lack of writing caused me to die I would have been dead a long time ago, so that couldn't be it. Spiting Pat Buchanan is part of everything I do, so I can't call that a reason for writing. It isn't fun; the act of writing is ugly and aggravating, but the feeling of having written is to feel like the greatest thing in existence.
Upon second thought, I write for the joy of creation. There is no doubt in my mind that if I could draw or paint I wouldn't be a writer, because I'd get all of the pride in creation, but without the smallest trace of paperwork. I hate paperwork.
Upon thinking about it more, I could give thousands of reasons. However, none of these reasons can be explained in a post like this. Maybe one day I'll write an essay (because its the cool thing to do), but right now I'll stick with:
I write because Kurt Vonnegut told me to.
Gone, gone from New York City,
where you gonna go with a head that empty?
Gone, gone from New York City,
where you gonna go with a heart that gone?
I don't think I've ever written to express myself. I don't know why I write. I just do. I don't do it to define myself, or to stop myself from dying -- it's never really painful when I don't write. Writing itself is incredibly difficult, draining mixed with some moments of great achievement and fulfilment. So I could never say I write to keep myself happy.
I think I just write because I started writing and I've never given up on it. So, therefore, my reason would be that I write because I can.
Nate wrote:And if YWS ever does become a company, Jack will be the President of European Operations. In fact, I'm just going to call him that anyways.
Actually no... I write both because it's fun and to express myself I suppose. As well as for the joy of creation. Plus I'm a tad insane and putting things on paper helps me clear out my mind.
I agree with Inertia, I write because Kurt Vonnegut told me to.
Fraser: Stop stealing the blanket. [Diefenbaker whines] Fraser: You're an Arctic Wolf, for God's sake. (Due South)
Hatter: Do I need a reason to help a pretty girl in a very wet dress? (Alice)
I suppose...I just...always have. I liked it when I was little and it's been a habit ever since. I also think I'm good enough to make money by it some day. And if you can do something like writing to earn cash, why stop?
I’d heard he had started a fistfight in one of the seedier local taverns because someone had insisted on saying the word “utilize” instead of “use". — Patrick Rothfuss, A Wise Man's Fear
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