10 Reasons for Writing
Recently I was asked why am I so attached, in love with and rather driven to keep putting words on paper day after day. I am often asked what am I going to “do” with my writing. Are you writing a book? I wish I had a witty answer for these very genuine questions.
Sometimes I have to say “I don’t know” Why am I compelled to sit at this keyboard each day and tap away in a rhythm only understood by another wordsmith. But, for today I write for 10 reasons… and tomorrow I shall likely do it all over again.
- I write because there is a sense of being a part of something bigger than myself
- I write because I love the ebb and flow of words spoken, written and read.
- I write to bring light and hope to others- it resonates deep down when someone tells me my words have touched them
- I write to connect with a community of other like-minded folks on the planet
- I write because there are too many words in me at times to sleep or rest or do much else except write- I may burst if I do not.
- I write to be read and shared. I love the idea of words birthed through me released out to the world. Amazing!
- I write to have imagined something which didn’t exist, and made it real.
- I write because I must … somehow the words escape from my heart and soul onto scraps of paper, dog-eared journals and keyboards. They are like determined little mosquitoes and I find them everywhere!
- I write because it is like breathing and eating, a sweet addiction. I can not imagine life without words on a page
- I write because I believe life is art and story- and deep in my soul, somehow this is a part of my calling.
What is your call? How do you create and preserve story in your life?
I write because I am called. God didn’t give me this life, these words, for me to hide them in the ground.
I write to comfort others with the same comfort by which God has comforted me in the struggle to raise autistic children.
I write because I must. It is “in” me.
I write because I really enjoy it. I am thrilled when others respond to my message. I am excited when I produce something that I know is good. And sometimes I look back at it and think…how did that come out of me.