What inspires you to write?

How did you get into writing?
Why do you do it? I know there are deeper reasonings than just liking it.

I know there are deeper reasonings than just liking it.

Not always. ;P

Sometimes I get inspired by films, or music
But then I get scared that I'm not using my imagination properly :O

Generally life sucks so I day dream a lot. Since I don't want to forget my dreams, I write them down in a story format.

shadowraiki wrote:Generally life sucks so I day dream a lot. Since I don't want to forget my dreams, I write them down in a story format.

Ditto.

I just kind of have to. I constantly have ideas for stories, characters, etc., and I just have to get it out. It started just for the hell of it when I was like ten, and since then it has become my biggest passion in life. Unlike a lot of people, I almost never write to like, get a "message" across or anything. For me it's just about telling a story, and then with that, getting a certain "feeling" across. Creating an atmosphere, like a sort of sensation that goes beyond sight, smell, touch. I want to give people a sense of awe, kind of. I want to create stories that are epic in scope, and in their resolutions and can give people goosebumps.

When I want a poem to make me feel happy, but I can't find one, I make it myself.

Sometimes - to put it unappealingly - it's like I'm puking up all the stuff inside. Then I feel better

I think it's partly because I like talking. I'm not good at talking (often when I'm done talking, people will say things like, "Don't you mean, 'coffee machine'? You said tape dispenser.") so I write and it generally comes out about the same, only with slightly more magical creatures.

Simply the fact that I can't do anything else. o.O

What inspires me to write:
1. Scholarships! I just found one that I am determined to win! High school seniors put together a portfolio of their writing and send it to this prestigious organization and there are amazing prizes for winners! (There are thousands of winners, by the way.) And this contest isn't just for high school seniors - there are different categories. Message me if you would like more info about it. I could post a link to the website if you want. The contest doesn't start until September 15th, but I'm starting and preparing early.

2. The fact that I am really not good at anything else... It's true. xD

3. I've been writing since first grade, when I wrote a story about a purple penguin and it was "published" in my school and put in the media center for all to read. Everyone was so impressed. Since then, I've always written. I guess I feel a need to just continue doing it; I can't imagine doing anything else.

Usually, I get inspired by music (and not any type of music, I just keep listening to Addict Lounge radio on iTunes) & movies with great stories. Sometimes I just find characters pumping into my dreams, strange characters yet interesting to be placed in any story.

shadowraiki wrote:Generally life sucks so I day dream a lot. Since I don't want to forget my dreams, I write them down in a story format

>> Same here!

I got into writing when I was six and decided I wanted to write something different. I then proceeded to write a typical kids' book about a family of birds and the cat who wanted to eat them. It had a happy ending.... for the cat. (See? different.)
But what inspires me? Everything! Books, music, movies.... somebody walking backward for a few steps... the feeling of being invisible sometime, or playing a role... everything gives me ideas. Granted they don't always become stories, but sometimes they do. And when they build up to much and I feel like I can't think about anything else I write it down to get it out.
Sometimes it feels like I write out of self-preservation.

It's really just pure emotion for me. I can't think about an idea and just puke images onto paper. I literally have to feel it, or nothing happens. But that's just with poetry.

With fiction, it's just a matter of seeing it in my head. Exactly as it happens. Or else I screw it up.

I think every writer would agree, at some point along the line - whether you write for a hobby or professionally - writing is spawned from reading. You cannot write without having read, and you cannot read if no-one has written.

It's the relationship between these two which inspire truly.

Lumi wrote:
With fiction, it's just a matter of seeing it in my head. Exactly as it happens. Or else I screw it up.

Exactly that + daydreams.