Why do you write? I'm addicted and it makes me happy. What compels you to write? The connection I feel with my characters. What makes you write what you write? I only have two stories that I work on extensively. Unlike other things I've written the characters in these stories feel alive. Their worlds come from a mixture of my ethical background (Irish), the importance I place in family bonds, and they are just the stories I've been lucky enough to be given. What Made you decide you liked to write? I love to read and kicked around the idea of writing before I actually opened my first Word document for more than school work. Once I started doing it I was completely hooked. I had anxiety and other emotional issues before I started writing, but having this to hold on to has taken that away. When life can be stressful, I know that I will have this. What Do You Write? Fantasy.
What compels you to write? Usually it's a desire to escape the dull confines of daily life. Other times it's just to play with words, or to capture a certain image or feeling with prose. Why do you write? Writing is its own world, a world I often like better than this one. I write in times of stress, or when I'm moved by the beauty of nature or a particular setting, or when an idea takes shape in my head that's so vivid and unique it must be transferred to a page of some sort. It's mostly for my own satisfaction, so I don't often share my writing with others (one of the reasons I'm here is to try to overcome that, because I think I have something valid to say). What makes you write what you write? I'm fascinated by questions of what makes up reality and for lack of a better word, the paranormal. Things that are unexplained and the commonality between them that suggests there is a power of the mind beyond what we can currently measure, a subconscious nature to all of reality. I have several characters that fit with this concept and if I didn't write about them, I'd probably just end up talking to myself. What Made you decide you liked to write? I've been writing stories since I was in elementary school; I think mostly I just like going back and reading them for my own entertainment. It wasn't until my fourth grade teacher entered one of my stories in a Writers Fair and I won first prize and that I thought, "yeah, this is what I want to do with my life." Yet here I am a quarter of a century later, I work in a print shop and the only writing I get paid for consists of instructions on job tickets and emails to clients. Although I'm told I'm very good at both What Do You Write? Stream-of-consciousness journal entries, song lyrics, and a novel I keep revising and will probably never finish. I don't know if it's sci-fi/fantasy or what exactly, it's kind of my own weird thing.
I'm a sap at heart and mostly stick to writing romance stories set in small towns, and occasionally, I'll try my hand at a women's fiction piece also set in a small town. I write romances because I love the feel-good feeling they give you and how a happily-ever-after doesn't come easily but is given to the characters in the end. Other than that, I also blog on the art of writing, guest post on other blogs, and write freelance articles to make a passive income from my writing. -Lucy from http://www.howtowriteandwritewell.blogspot.com
Why do you right? This is a question I have been podering, without actually finding an answer. But I suppose it's so I can create an escape from the dull hum-drum of everyday life for both myself and others I decide to share my work with. What compels you to write? My overactive imagination, I get a lot of random ideas that I think would be a good piece of writing. My urge to create drives me to keep writing, even when I'm tired and want to sleep, it eggs me on. I succumb, "one more paragraph" has become my catch phrase. What makes you write what you write? I write fantastical stories, often very bizzare, because of their contrast to normal life. I write what I wish would happen, but that's not entirely true, the bad things less so. Things like magic and dragons, I write those because I with they would emerge from the page and become real. What Made you decide you liked to write? My aptitude to do very well in the creative writing section of my English syllabus in school. I always did really well. Then I began to write for personal pleasure. I'd give my writings to my parents to read and the ony thing they could say afterward would be: "What happens next?" I've even moved my mother to tears on more than one occasion, but she's a softie anyway. But I guess it means I'm at least a half-way decent writer, and I loved reading, but I wanted to make a story that I'd love to read, with my ideas and thoughts. What Do You Write? I write mostly really long passages, I can't do short story scale very well. I put too much into it and it would seem out of place in a short story, but quite comfortably in a decent sized novel. Right now I'm beginning to write a fantasy novel. I want to be published before I'm eighteen. It's a bit ambitious but hey, I'm allowed to try right?
What compels you to write? Anything, everything, I can be inspired very easily. Why do you write? Because it is what I love to do. I had very bad reading and writing issues in school. I was told I had dyslexia. I couldn't even read until forth grade. When it clicked, I was reading everything and when people asked me what I wanted to be, I would always say I wanted to be a writer. What makes you write what you write? I'm not really sure. I like writing various things from same sex couples to zombie invasions. I just want my stories to be interesting and hopefully different, even if it is a overused storyline. What Made you decide you liked to write? I kind of mentioned this above. I had really helpful English teachers in school and had to go to a special reading class because I was slow with reading and writing due to dyslexia. When everything started to click in forth grade, well I just never wanted to stop reading or writing. What Do You Write? A lot of fantasy, romance, drama. High school age characters and above. Some younger age characters. Same sex couples. Stories that tackle issues, rather than just being a cliche happy romance where everything is gumdrops and roses. Currently am writing a story about a zombie invasion, a story about high school lesbians and a story about a steampunk version of Beauty and the Beast.
What compels you to write? An inner passion to share my thoughts with the paper. Why do you write? My head sometimes has too much to manage. What makes you write what you write? My life What Made you decide you liked to write? The I would feel after writing a good passage. What Do You Write? Journalism I suppose.
Cogito, your comment about writing being prompted by a movie or a TV program I saw struck a chord. If I had a nickel for every time I watched somethng and observed that this was not right, that didn't work, etc., I'd be rich. So I guess that, from my perspective, writing has to be plausible, it has to make sense; I expect characters to be rational and to act rationally for me to be able to suspend, at least momentarily, my inate inclination to dsbelieve (to use the time-honored expression from Coleridge). When a character does something that doesn't make any sense at all or doesn't do somethng that is obvious, I get flustered and figure I could do a better job at writing the scenario. Ah, but actually sitting down and doing it, therein lies the rub.
i write because it helps me get rid of thought processes i dont want banging around in my head. I have schizophrenia and writing and art helps me cope
What compells you to write? I've always enjoyed writing and haven't fully come to realize what actually compels me. I guess it's a way of expressing myself. That makes the most sense seeing as I can't seem to with spoken words. Why do you write? I enjoy it. It's relaxing and whatever I write is 100% me and not somebody else. What makes you write what you write? So far I have been mainly writing fanfiction and I write that because I can't seem to pick shows that work out the way I want them too. What Made you decide you liked to write? I just always have. If there was something that made me like it it was so long ago that I don't remember. What Do You Write? Mostly fanfiction. But I have written some poetry and short stories.
1. What compells you to write? I don't really know what compells me to write really. I could blame my imagination that keeps developing story after story like a burst oil well. Or my eyes that looks at various people, places and things and translates it to my brain as. Eyes: "Look! This could be a significant plot item to a brand new novel!" Brain: "Thanks, Alright!" Five minutes later Brain "Plat made, now when is this lump of flesh gonna finish work and put it on paper. Hey I got more plots to make you know! Why do you write? Because if I don't write, the plot, idea, characters, the world does not go away and annoys the crap out of me until I final get rid of it on paper. What makes you write what you write? Too many movies, novels, and anime. Ecspecially anime. What Made you decide you liked to write? After high school I had subconsiously given up on writing. It wasn't planned, it just slowed until I wrote absolutely nothing. After months of playing video games, manga, college stress and college stress. I went to a friends house party where he showed me a short story assignment we both had in english class. After reading it I told my friend that, I would write a light novel to let him read the next time I came to visit. Well since then I've wrote over three novels, participated in Nanowrimo, and currently trying to work on my writing style by developing my wiritng skills. What Do You Write? Historical Fiction, YA Fiction, Science Fiction, Romance Fiction, etc Bascially Fiction.
What compells you to write? / Why do you write? It's my creative outlet, that and I need somewhere to put all the stories that fill my head. Other than that I don't know. I like to write so I guess that is a factor. It's probably escapism on some level, I'm not a big fan of reality. What makes you write what you write? My imagination mostly. What Made you decide you liked to write? It was never really a decision. It was always just hey, I quite like writing stuff. What Do You Write? Fantasy, Science Fiction, anything that isn't real. If I wanted real I would watch the news or go explore.
Why do you write? Because I want to be professional writer someday. Also, because if I didn't write them down, the stories would bore a hole right through my skull in their attempt to escape. What compels you to write? The feeling I get when my characters go from being an idea to a living, breathing entity. On paper, anyway. There's nothing sweeter. What makes you write what you write? My ideals and beliefs. What made you decide you liked to write? It was not a conscious decision. I've always entertained the idea of being a storyteller. What Do You Write? Science Fiction
Why do you write? I would like to call myself a professional writer one day. And I have always wanted to tell stories, either through making computer games, cartoons, art, or just telling them through writing. What compells you to write? I have to get my stories out there. Also, I love the feeling when I can just lose myself in the story I am writing, and let my mind go blank to everything else. What makes you write what you write? My world view mostly. And the feeling that others would benefit from my ideas and thoughts. What Made you decide you liked to write? I have always played with the idea, but finally made a conscious descision to start writing on a daily basis about half a year ago. What Do You Write? I dont like to generalize by genre, but if I have to, I'd say Science Fiction and Fantasy is pretty close to what I do.
What compells you to write? It is something you can do on your own. It is great fun to research a story and learn things. It is a way to share ideas and opinions. Why do you write? Great hobby for retirement! You can do it anywhere in the world. There are few physical demands to write. What makes you write what you write? I hope to make people think. What Made you decide you liked to write? A friend published a book and he had lots of fun doing it. I thought I'd give it a try, and I liked it too. What Do You Write? I only started a six months ago and wrote only fiction so far, I would like to write hard science fiction one day.
I write because it soothes me. I write because it moves me. I write because it improves me. I write because it behooves me to, write and write and write.
1. At first, I wanted to turn this idea for an anime into a short story. After I actually wrote and finished the first draft, I liked the experience so much that I continued to write more stories. 2. I like to get these ideas----That I had for years---- out of my head and turned into something physical. At the moment, I have two reasons. The first is that I enjoy writing and the second is that I want one of my stories to be turned into an anime(my first story I ever made to be exact.) 3. All of my ideas have some connection to my own personality. I don't have a definite answer for this, but I guess it's any spontaneous idea that comes into my head. 4.After making my first story, i liked the experience of writing so much that I continued after making the first draft of that story. 5. General Fiction
Why do you write? because the voices in my head tell me too What compels you to write? the voices, they just keep repeating themselves until i write down what was said What makes you write what you write? the voices again, if i don't write what they tell me too they get angry What Made you decide you liked to write? they shut up for a full hour once i finished the first chapter, it was bliss! What Do You Write? Anything the voices tell me too
In fact why I write is writing is an antidote and without writing I cannot continue life and in fact it is an intoxication. It is the juice of life
What compels you to write? the art of storytelling, i love stories and love to think of all the great stories that haven't yet been told. Why do you write? cause i always knew i would write some day, dont really care if it will be published or not, changed a lot of jobs in my life not one kept me in place for more than a year. What makes you write what you write? to create something from nothing. What Made you decide you liked to write? dunno was a kid when i first thought about it and knew i would write maybe round 10, but took me another 20 to finally try it. What Do You Write? fantasy, philosophy
What compels you to write: I write because words are entertainment. Stories and ideas come naturally to me just as breathing comes naturally to others. And a foremost reason: Words and stories immortalize individuals. I would like to be immortalized. Shakespeare is a great example of being immortalized. Why do you write: I write because writing allows me to bring all these ideas out of my head and onto paper. I know someone out there will enjoy what I write and because of that I will continue to write. After all, it is who I am; I am an entertainer. What makes you write what you write: I write to entertain. I despise stories that cause readers to drop the book after four or five pages because they are so boring, or their hook is terrible or confusing. What made you decide you liked to write: I can't remember because I was so young. I just know, I have an imagination, and this makes stories come to me so easily. I have a gift that allows me to see what I am about to write. It plays like a little movie inside my head, so I see the details, the setting, the people and hear what they say all in my head. It makes writing that much easier. What do you write: There are no limits to what I write. I write short stories to big project novels to long and encompassing series. I enjoy all sorts of genre types, and I just write the ideas that come to my head. Simple as that.
