My friends, I have noticed there are many of you who use the (I) word a lot. I do to. My hobbies are philosophy, psychology, spiritual, theology and of course me, which is called (I). I was thinking of a story to write then, I lost my train of thought. I have a horrible time writing outside of me and my philosophies which I just listed. With your help I will attempt to do just that, write creatively, which means off the top of my head? writer one
Pretty big question. At the end of the day, its just an desire to tell a story that wins out over other hobbies at the time.
I like to make beautiful things. There's also a kind of spatiotemporal quality, the kind of thing we might call the "art" of musical performance or of football or of walking into a crowded room, that draws me to writing and to art generally, and this probably is because I have "excess energy." It's also why I'm a poor editor and rarely finish things.
What compells you to write? I want to know how the story ends. Why do you write? I write for me. I've always written, but was told repeatedly what a terrible writer I was growing up. Then someone asked me for information about Dutch over cooking for a magazine article. She took the information I sent in an email and it appeared word for word in the magazine. I was pissed and figured that from then on, the only person who was going to get paid for what I wrote was me. What makes you write what you write? Depends on if it's fiction or non-fiction. Nonfiction is simply, I have a question, I find the answer, I write it up and submit it to my editor. Fiction, call it divine inspiration. What Made you decide you liked to write? I don't think we decide to like writing. We like writing, so we decide to write. What Do You Write? Non-fiction contributions to magazines. Fiction, short stories and just finished my first novel, busy editing it and am about 30K words into the second novel.
WHY I WRITE I have always had a latent talent for the written word. Depth of expression and communication, to me, has always been move evident in the written word rather than the spoken word. When I write a story, letter, or even an email, I feel I am really accomplishing something. I am creating something which hasn’t existed before the pen was put to paper, so to speak. . The urge to write, to create, to feel alive through what I write. that is where the excitement and passion of life lies.
All the good and bad stuff, that's happening all around me and in the world, is what compels me to write. I have my own take on why things happen and I want to express it. Imo, words are like paint and I like creating realistic scenes that other people can see in my writing. What made me decide to write? Tbh, I don't know. It just happened when I was maybe 10 or 11. That's when I wrote my first poem. But I soon decided I didn't want to write poetry. it just seemed too confining. I wanted to paint larger scenes with the words so I decided to try writing paperback books. But it's only now that I totally realize how huge the task is so I'm always looking for new ideas and methods for writing. But one thing I carried over from poetry was the challenge of expressing ideas and painting pictures with the fewest possible words. Imo, brevity can add more to the canvas and reduces boredom. What do I write? Life with a Sci-Fi backdrop. I totally love the scenery but the characters and plot remain the most important aspect in my writing.
I don't write because I want to become a writer, but rather because I want to become an actor. Writing helps me make different choices for the characters involved and the analysis of my own writing helps me see what I like about the choices I've made and what I dislike.
The question for me has become why don't you write? And the answer is basically that I lack discipline.
That's true it worked for him. Writing and reading they give you a keen eye for scene breakdowns. Without that, you have nothing.
Currently, I write to keep my sanity at a good level, especially with my University work being as it is! (and i am a little over 2.5k off winning NaNo too )
Writing is one of those constants in my life. There has been temporary obsessions, likes, interests ect.... but nothing has stuck so much as the desire to write.
I have a very active imagination. Too active sometimes. Plus, my mind's always racing. Writing helps with the thoughts and with the imagination. I started a blog earlier this year, and starting writing reviews for the books and movies I watched and read. I hasn't gotten me a ton of traffic, but I realized how much I really enjoyed writing. I've done it on and off for almost 15 years. Other than reviews, I write poems, a few articles, even a short story here and there. I am working on one right now in fact. I think writing will always be a part of my life, whether it's professional or not.
Hello! First Post! What compels me to write, would be the need to get the story all out and written. I write to organize my thoughts, to create completed stories and to yes, to get those annoying voices out of my head and into my computer or on paper. I've destroyed more than one of my notebook hoard trying to get the ideas out (plus I've nearly gotten in trouble at work, trying to get my chicken scratch into words as they popped into my head haha!) I was set on this warpath by all the books and stories that filled my childhood up and made me stay inside for the majority of it; I was always making (horrible) stories in little stapled books. I actually got into trouble for reading during class- more than once, go figure. I finally decided somewhere around middle school that I should write a lot more with the discovery of fanfiction- that helped big time, trying to rewrite stories I've loved but wanted to 'fix'. I draw inspiration from nearly everything and keep a notebook on me at all times to grab them when I can. I write mostly dark fantasy that involves no small amount of body horror, giant insects/spiders and witches.
I'm compelled to write by inspiration - inspiration which I draw from my own experiences, from literature, drama, and poetry, from current affairs, from music. I'm not such a film fan, but I have occasionally been compelled to write by film. I write because it is a productive distraction from my issues, and because it makes me happy to complete a piece. I write poetry because I have a great love of it, journalism/essays because I am inspired by my (retired journo) father and because I am a news fiend, and because I am terribly opinionated; and I write prose fiction because I use it as an outlet for veiled references. I taught myself to read, with latterly help from my (late, I'm afraid to say) maternal grandfather Jim, at the age of two, and sped through writing classes at primary school. I took great pleasure in picking apart the writing of others at home - I especially liked the Guardian newspaper, the Encyclopaedia Britannica, an anthology of verse for children which included a bit of Eliot and Blake, Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar", Dickens' "Oliver Twist", and the "Harry Potter" series - and wrote prolifically. I was published in two books of children's poetry. I only vaguely remember the poems that were published, but, I recall that they were awful, even for a 6-year-old! My better poems didn't fit the themes that the books demanded. I digressed a lot there - let's just say, I knew that I was a writer (or writer-aster) from a very young age. I write poetry (confessional, but I'm trying to move away from that style), essays on literature and on current affairs, and, very occasionally, prose fiction.
I write because I feel like bursting with creativity and ideas. And also there is a wonderful thing to create something and makes me feel as if I'm adding something to the world.
Without getting too "woe is me"... I write because the world can be stressful and downright cruel sometimes. When I write though, everything fades away, it's just me creating a story through words. Also I honestly don't think there is a better feeling then creating a world/story and watching it come to life!
My answer changes by the day, somtimes by the hour. Today, at 9pm, I write because I'm an emotional mess and I need to get a grip on things so I can deal with them.
I write because I have to have something to do while supervising high school kids do worksheets. (No, actually, I sub teach classes where high school kids do worksheets so I can write.)
What compels you to write? No idea actually. Why do you write? Basically the same answer as bullet point before. I just need to. See definition of "compulsion". What makes you write what you write? A character starts speaking. Or a scene takes form which is compelling. Then, of course, the curiosity of the cat is her downfall and I go figuratively up to the roof to explore all the backstory. And then I write. What Made you decide you liked to write? There is no decision involved at all. You can't consciously 'like' something or not. It just IS. If I would have a say in what I like I would never have decided to dislike tomatoes. But I don't have that option, I just can't stand them . What Do You Write? I write the character which starts speaking. Wherever that takes me.
I'm in love with my own mind, my own thoughts, my own imagination. A totally self-absorbed narcissistic introvert. I love my own writing, even when its crap.
