Why Write?

So, why do you write? You might find the reasons familiar or funny and maybe even rings true.
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I write because I have had good English and Literature mentors who taught me phrases, sentences, paragraphs, structures...and made me realize words do have rules but writing can bend those rules to communicate better. I am not one to grunt about traditional grammar but finding ways to communicate with words might become a problem. Now with more people inclined to prose and indie arts, I see no reason to further my need to explore how to use words  in an unorthodox way indeed. People have open their minds by often reading words that allow them to think they can in the most unusual way.

I write because my thoughts are worth being written and read about. Not because I am wanting attention, but rather it is fun to see how people would react to an alternate universe that my mind is actually capable of. Ideas are gateways to conversations and the sharing of ideas make me fuzzy and all warm inside. And like-minded people are actually so hard to find, even harder than finding that one true love. Because you can love someone most of the time but you cannot think like someone all the time. And talks with a like-minded person is so engaging you can forget your topics just because you are such having a darn time to keep track of the wonderful things you talk about. 

I write because imagination can come alive in words. Award winning writers tend to have good creativity in wielding words to create worlds that can take you places. And yes, imagination set with good writing is a good free ride to anywhere you might like to go. Writing is a good medium to tell a story because words are universal and universal is a prism of perception that most people can connect to - however they understand it. And when you write so good, a fandom usually emerge and you find yourself people who believe in your characters, story and know that what you thought possible can be.

I write because I was born to. Cliche and heard so many times, I can hear your eyes roll. I cannot tell you how I started writing on the get go. But I can only tell you this. i have done mundane and crazy things in my life, mostly out of randomness and inconsistency. But writing is the one thing I cannot live without. I do not know how my parents made me and who the heck in both side of the family writes, but I do. Maybe a predetermined flaw in the genes might have caused this unending itch to put words together and try to make sense. Writing. It is the one thing I can do in whatever state of life I am in.

I write because I am not good in self expression in real life. I tried visual arts when I thought I was a hot mess but I still ended up writing anyhow. Visual arts was one I can express myself partly, but writing can tell me about myself more than any other artistic or creative medium I have tried. Writing is my escape to negative brooding and over thinking. Because writing is sharing expression and if it can help release someone else's emotions and notions, then it becomes a tool for the soul to help touch someone else's life.

I write because there are stories and insights that can help people. People who read some of my public or private works have connected with my writing. And it felt like a service to these people to let them reflect and ponder their own lives with my words. Some writing might be for technical and sometimes boring manuals and such but it helped people understand how things work. More creative writings entertain people too. But touching writing can inspire people to do something in their lives and that is the best reward for any writer to have.

I write lastly, for myself. It might be self serving to say but writing is my own therapy. All this craziness and energy inside me cannot be contained by the drudgery of my daily life. A part of me will always yearn to inspire and become a story. And this is what writing do to me. Keep me aware of my own voice and help me spread that tiny bit of what I might tell someone to the real world. Writing is my own self conversations with the world. And I am crazy enough to know judgement and achievement does not always go together but at least I put it out there. Validation is only a plus to the inner peace writing does for me.

So why do you write?