What compells you to write? Things that I do with my friends inspire me a lot of times. My friends are probably my biggest inspiration. Why do you write? I write because it's exciting. It's a good way to get what you're thinking out into the open. What makes you write what you write? I mostly write young adult fantasy/teen stuff because those are the kinds of books that I really enjoy. Those are the types of books that got me into reading in the first place. What Made you decide you liked to write? Ever since I was young I enjoyed making up stories. I also wanted to inspire kids like the authors I read have inspired me. What Do You Write? I usually write young adult fantasy and teen books
I write because: I love making up stories and characters, and enjoy the feeling that those characters are my own to do whatever I please with, along with the world they live in. It's a good outlet for emotions. And I guess it's just natural for me, seeing as I have 2 parents that are writers. And it's just a lot of fun doing research and learning new things, especially myths(for me, that is.)
What compels you to write?-Feelings and nature. I feel that if our feelings become one with nature, the world will become a better place. I write to make the world come together as one and maybe recognize one another. To live together in harmony. It might just be a fantasy, but It's definitely what I believe in. Why do you write?-I write because I have so many ideas swirling in my head, especially at night. I come up with ideas for adventures and song lyrics and I imagine what it would be like if my ideas became books which became movies and it's just so much fun! What makes you write what you write?-I write what I write because I write what I write. I do it because it feels good and lets all of my emotions come out at once. It's what I can't say. What Made you decide you liked to write?-My friend Lauren Carpenter. What Do You Write?-I write whatever comes to mind. Mostly adventure stories, though. Those are the most intriguing and exciting!
Enjoyment; specifically the process of inventing new ways of wording specific events, etc. Part of the enjoyment of writing is the learning experience. Every word I write strategically is another moment of learning. I strive to become a better writer... it, for me, is the doorway to explanation.
What compells you to write? I'm compelled to write by some sort of inner need to create. Why do you write? I think that my writing could inspire. What makes you write what you write? I write what I want to read. So far, everyone else only comes close. Nothing feels completely authentic, and nothing makes me feel the way I want to feel when reading. I need to fill that space. What Made you decide you liked to write? Music and TV oddly enough. I started out as a musician. I fell in love with songwriting and the reworking of songs. It gave me my love for editing. I also noticed that TV felt more authentic than a lot of books. I started recognizing trends in the writing, and thought that I could do that in book form. What Do You Write? I try to write stories that make people feel a series of emotions. My stories usually have big chunks of comedy and a serious topic. My short stories are almost always a snapshot of an important moment in a character's life.
Ideas arise within me like spring water and it must flow like streams wildly and inundating all those around.
1. emotions and experiences good and bad compell me to write 2. i write because i enjoy it::redface: 3. i write what i write because of my imagination 4. i didn't really decide i just do it 4. i write poetry books and alot of other nonsense my books are sometimes about historical events and charecters or they are about stuff that could but hasn't happened
Really I'm curious myself. Let me try: 1. I see things in life that affect me emotionally: mom and dad being interviewed (after a long while) after their daughter commits suicide. 2. I believe I have a way of making powerful statements about things which affect me emotionally (see one above: dad dreams about one thing these days). 3. My emotions make me write, and I believe I can help others through my writing. 4. My past job required me to write all day. Eventually I grew to like it. 5. I like to write drama about crushing events in the lives of people: emotional turmoil, addictions, relationships gone bad, lost opportunities, regrets, and then to emphasize if I can, what went wrong, and how those involved are affected mentally.
Anything. A dream. People watching. Reading a good book. A story in the news. The blink of an eye. It's all just there. Because until a few years ago it was all I ever did, and at times I was told that I was good at it. I can remember being 5 or 6 years old and writing out short simple stories about my day, drawing pictures to the stories, and stapling them together to make books. It's always been a part of who I am. Because sometimes I just need a break from this world. It's nice to be able to drop into a world all of my own creation. The laws of physics may not work there, but things are always good there. Who doesn't like to play God? Fiction. Mostly the beginnings of long novels, the endings tend to be somewhat beyond my capabilities it seems... Sometimes I think I'm just beginning in the wrong place (like near the end?).
What compells you to write? My own suffering in the real world witch is now few and far between and also my love of my characters. Why do you write? Because I want to see my characters live there lives to the fullest. Because, I want them to have adventure. In other words I write for my characters. What makes you write what you write? I write what I do because it helps me live in the world my characters occupy. What Made you decide you liked to write? When I was in junior high school I found this cute little play for harry potter online and I printed it out to read. Well one of my teachers saw it and thought it was mine after reading a few part of it she told me to keep up writing. the look in her eye when she read it and approved made me want to really write rather then have people think I write. What Do You Write? I write Modern Fantasy and Sci-fi. Most of my stories are tragic in some way or another including the death of the main character in one.
What compells you to write? Loneliness. Since I was a kid, I always had notebooks and pens/pencils around me. In the beginning, I drew. Later on, as a teen, I began to write. As a youth, I wrote something I found interesting. Years later, I found out that it was about me and death ... I'm not sure it's about it precisely ... Why do you write? Because the sky is blue; because it's raining. Because I'm in a fine mood, and think of a new or an old character. Because I think of a travel. Because I'm sad, and need to put it out. It goes through the pen first. I also write because I want to undestand things, so, many times it begins with squares, and lines between words, relating them somehow. Sometimes I write because a character needs genealogy since ... "beyond Charlemagne" ... What makes you write what you write? Characters come first, usually. Thinking about nature makes me write. Trying to undestand things make me write. I wrote a story that I liked. After that, I wrote about an imaginary city, in an imaginary Europe ... In an imaginary "medievalic" time ... What Made you decide you liked to write? After I wrote about the monkey, I realized that that was good! Then I never stopped. (It was about 1997.) What Do You Write? What I like to write is stories in medievalic times. What I intend to write are a series of stories, from "ancient days" to "futuristic days". What I wrote were a story in a medievalic place, and a futuristic story, which is unfinished. I like to work in my "futuristics". They look like relevant. I love to make part of the colonization of the Solar System NOTE I write *after* Ronald Tolkien & *after* Star Trek and Star Wars. That is to say that I write because of them, in a way, and to tell that things are different than what they said, on the other hand. So, my (Middle) Earth *is* Europe, even when it isn't. And there are no alien contacts, no warp/lightspeed/jump, [no artificial gravity besides physically possible kind of,] no laser weapons, no material holography, no dematerialization of matter, and it's not my goal to leave the Solar System, because it's silly to think about impossible things. My step is to tell people that the first step is the Solar System and, after that, who knows?, but it begins in the neighbourhood, just as Jules Verne began in the neighbouhood, and it proved possible. As for Ron T., my imaginary world is quite imaginary, but its name is Europe!, because Europe exists. P~
Okay, I'll bite... What compells you to write? A lot of things compel me, I guess. Random observations in real time, REM sleep, other people's stories, traveling, such things as that. Mostly though, I think it's to give life to a character or two that would fade into æther if I did nothing about it. It's not so much writing to me anymore as it is saving lives, if that makes any sense. Why do you write? Deep down, every one of us has some kind of story to tell. I figured, by the time I was about twelve or thirteen, I could write a little. I just needed more breathing room to better hone that. Things progressed significantly by the time I was seventeen, joining writing workshops, getting my first short stories completed, meeting a (former) significant other who was also a writer. I won a contest here and there, inspired a few others to write, but it was never about recognition. As each year passes, you just come to love the craft more and more. I think that much says it all. What makes you write what you write? That's somewhat more difficult to answer, I think. I remember at one time, I was a major dabbler of fantasy fiction. It was back when all these good things were happening, graduating from college, moving in with a girlfriend, new city, new job, all that. Then, I could start to feel my debts weighing me down a little bit more, got dumped, work became harder to come by, there seemed like no way out. The writing kept pouring out, but it wasn't fantasy anymore. It had become something darker, more twisted. It made me feel better. What made you decide you liked to write? Heh, what's 'not' to love? I love being able to flaunt some new word recently learned, pouring over sentences again and again until they've been edited to my satisfaction. I don't think it's entirely unlike the satisfaction an architect feels as they go over schematics for a building, I think. Except, you're the architect of an entire world, aren't you? What do you write? Horror. And Dark Fantasy, mainly. Currently writing a suburbanite horror tale, which may turn into a series. My genre may well shift by the time I'm finished it, or maybe even before I finish it.
Lemme try this >D What compells you to write? I usually start imagining with conversations and events, so that means my characters are the cause of all my ideas. And they'll bug me until I start writing them down. Also, reading dislodges all my writing blocks because they keep my imagination running. Why do you write? Because my characters keep bugging me. I usually do oral story telling to my sister but since it takes a lot of her time, I write them down. Then I realised that I could actually string sentences together. What makes you write what you write? I guess I'm actually more influenced by ideas from the books and mangas I read, video games I've played, songs I listen to, movies and shows I watch and so on. I mainly focus on my character development, so it's more of their story than just another story I'm creating. What made you decide you liked to write? When I read back what I wrote, and was surprised that I liked it. And I was happy to know that people enjoy them too, so it's all time well spent, I think : D What do you write? Fantasy, comedy. I dunno really. I just write. My aim is to try out different kinds of genres to see which suits me best. Well, I hope I didn't waste anyone's time
What compells you to write? I am not very creative person. I write when I need to express something. When I feel wmotions are bottled up in me, I have two ways to bring it out. Either by something physical or by writing. So I choose to write. Why do you write? It feels good. I might not be able to make things go my way in the real world. The whole world may seem unfair to me. But my poems are like all mine. I can give it any color or rythm I want. I can write whatever I feel and my poems will respond to me. Once again, not a very creative way of looking into this, but that's how I feel. What makes you write what you write? It might be a feelings of mine or sometimes I just try to capture someone else's emotions. Human minds are very interesting. They have so many colors that one life is not enough to discover all of them. And some of these colors seem to be same, but yet so different. What Made you decide you liked to write? I guess every moment of my day. I can't remember since when I am writing. Although I never wrote anything meaningful before I was 13. What Do You Write? Mostly poems. Or I just scribble simply without knowing what it is. I tried writing stories but failed miserably.
Why Do You Write? What compells you to write? When I touched the keyboard, I said, "Hey, feels great." Well, I want to make a living doing things I like. Why do you write? I want to know more of the characters in my story, and wish to share their stories with everyone. IMO writing makes me more mature in thinking and living. What makes you write what you write? The characters and the philosophies they adopt intrigued me. Why do they think like that? And what's the consequence? What Made you decide you liked to write? Hey, I like what I see. When I write I saw all these events -- sort of like a movie with people I'm deeply connected with in it; since I kinda knew, befriended, if you will, with the characters. The humor in the stories also tickled me sometimes. What Do You Write? Novel. Genre: Fantasy, Medieval, Hidden Sci-fi, Military. It must involve a lesson I can first learn.
Hey, I'm new here so I'm going to go staight into introducing why I write =D What compells you to write? Other authors, the need to unleash my creativity (I do it with drawing too but that takes more effort), the thought of one day earning money for doing what I like (unleashing creativity (oh and paintball ) Why do you write? I feel older, better, stronger and more capable when I complete things, writing being one of the best things to complete because of the effort and the strength it takes to continue doing one thing after one stab at a piece of work. What makes you write what you write? The idea of being able to throw ANYBODY into ANY situation and be able to make ANY outcome. What Made you decide you liked to write? When my english teacher told me that I could put my short novel forward to a publisher as an example of my potential when I was 13. What Do You Write? Apocalypse novels (I don't like to call them horrors because they just don't seem horrific to me) or anything that can have a lil action in it. That's a sneak peak to me.
What compells you to write? I always have these ideas, characters, and stories in my head that I just want to get out. If I never write about them or make character bios, it would just drive me crazy with them being in my head all day. Why do you write? To bring my characters to life and to get to know them better, as a writer...and to create a fictional world. I also gain satisfaction when I write. What makes you write what you write? It's like The Sims, but unlimited. You can create people, make their families, give them a job, and put them through anything. I can place them in the past, and if I want to, I can write the thoughts of my characters. What Made you decide you liked to write? I always liked to write...I been writing fictional stories since I was four or five. All my teachers complimented my writing, and asked to keep them, my parents and family loved to read my stories, and writing is a fun way to get out my thoughts and have an imagination. What Do You Write? Fiction. I don't write fantasy, sci-fi, or anything of that manner. I write down to earth, real life stories. I write about characters who are normal people like you and me..they can be rich, they can be poor, they can be middle class. But they have big problems...they may not be chasing a dragon or anything, but they still have problems out of the ordinary.
1) I really don't know what compels me to write, I just have so many words and thoughts and ideas in my head and writing just seems natural to me as a way to explore them all. 2) Because... it's fun? 3) As I stated in (1), the flow of ideas in my head is what makes me write what I do. I like to explore the extremes of thought and creativity, as well as the gentle couch in the left front corner where my consciousness usually chills with the occasional good idea 4) It's expression. It's fun. It's also how I dealt with stress in my younger years, and has carried over into an almost obsessive hobby 5) Dark science fiction, vampire fiction (although not specifically horror-ish), adventure fantasy, political fantasy, political sci fi, and military sci fi
Simply because I'm a happy person and I hate to show my sand side so writing is the best option for me. When I write something sad, it turns really great. But I suck when I write something happy.
Then again, I don't know why I write ... This is why I get usually stuck into having personal fun with my writing. I'd like to change the world, but it's quite unlikely that I'll do that ... But it's, at the same time, the reason why the futuristics (er .. very realistic "sci-fi"-like thing) come out more enthusiastically. I'm trying to read somethings I find interesting and motivating, so as to find a good or interesting REASON to get myself to writing. Parvo~
What compells you to write? Life, what i hear and what i see the urge to express my self a little. Why do you write? I don't know, its fun, it takes me off into my mind and sometimes it not only becomes my therapy, but someone who makes me laugh What makes you write what you write? i really havent a clue What Made you decide you liked to write? I even as a child used to write stories. A good mate got me into poetry, we used to many years ago pick and object in a room and give ourself 5 minutes to compose a little ditty. At that point i was rather naff. I also got into re-writing mr men stories for mates, Id use the pictures but rewrite the story, they usually tended to be rude and take the micky out of the person i was writing for. What Do You Write? Poems about nature, my faith, my illness but most the time i write humouros poetry about every day life. most of its too rude to print but a lot of it is daft enough to make people laugh. i also when i am in the mood again write stories about my friends.
I write because if I don't, I'll definitely end up being institutionalized. Writing puts my inner world in order.
What compells you to write? I’ve always loved stories, and when I was younger I would sometimes crave a certain type of story, but I couldn’t find it, so I began writing. After a while it became like an addiction for me. I find it challenging and frustrating, but there’s also something soothing about it. Why do you write? I write because I enjoy it. I have ideas in my head, and I want to put them on paper. I also want to improve. There’s always a gap between the ideas in my head and what ends up on paper, and I want to close that gap. What makes you write what you write? A lot of my stories used to start out as what ifs. I read a good book and I thought to myself “what if I changed this event, or that character”. Now my ideas often start like a collage. I take an aspect of one story, mix it with a location from another, and over time I add, subtract, and revise, and eventually they congeal into a story. Sometimes it starts with an image or a character; “A night club owner who is very eccentric”. What Made you decide you liked to write? I tried it and never wanted to stop. Like many I would prefer to be published, but either way, I’m hooked. What Do You Write? I write whatever comes to mind. Some of my stories involve magical elements or futuristic settings, while others are technically realistic fiction, though more often than not the story is a little unrealistic.
Why do you write? I've always enjoyed reading; its a method of escapism from a life which is, in my opinion, hardly perfect. Writing not only gives me that escapism but also allows me to decide the destination of my escape. It allows me to include characters I love (or love to hate) and to place them in locations I think are interesting. It allows me to torture said characters in the most gruesome ways possible. When I get tired of their tormented howls, I can dispatch of them easily. Moreover, they can do nothing to resist my awesome power. For I am an omnipotent, omniscient dark god and they are mere maggots that squirm underneath my literary might. They exist only as a vehicle for my cruel desires. I also enjoy the exercise of devising metaphors, using new words, and composing sentences. They give me a warm and fuzzy feeling inside, one of accomplishment and satisfaction. What makes you write what you write? I've always enjoyed strange worlds, the stranger and the more distant from my dreary life the better. I've never wanted these worlds to be nicer than the one I inhabit. In fact, I've liked darker worlds the most -- though sometimes a genuinely "nice" world can be interesting to explore. Writing is merely another way of satisfying these likes, tailoring for my enjoyment. What Made you decide you liked to write? It was rather sudden. I've written things since as far back as I remember, but Perdido Street Station (a novel I've read recently) really got me into it. I've always found the process of writing kind of boring, but the author's writing style brought it under new light. I found the author's emphasis on detailed and often disturbing descriptions not only very enjoyable to read -- but also to write. These descriptions gave the experience a new dimension I find difficult to describe. What Do You Write? Primarily Fantasy and Science Fiction, though I haven't written much. As I've said above, I enjoy reading (and hence writing) about strange worlds, strange people, and strange places. The worlds I write about never have exactly the same logic as our own.
