When I was in first grade one of our assignments was to write a
children's book complete with illustrations. We had help from the fifth
graders. We wrote the stories and drew the pictures and they helped
turn it into an actual book. What came out of the project was a book
about a burglar breaking into my house and being beaten up by my dad as
well as an uncontrollable passion for writing.
After the book was finished the first thing I did when I got home from
school was fold white construction papers in half and make my own
books. Without the guidance of the fifth graders my stories lacked
structure but they were exciting and fun to make. I let my imagination
run wild and created some of the most fantastical creatures and tales I
could come up with. That freedom to let my mind run wild and just
create filled me with so much joy I couldn't stop. Ive been writing
ever since.
Eventually through school including a minor in English from college I
learned to structure those wild fantasies and create entertaining
stories. Well I hope their entertaining. I can't seem to stop. I love
stories. I love hearing them, seeing them, feeling them and more
importantly creating them. I love stories of all genres but for some
reason I love writing about heroism and fear.
I love stories that take us out of our comfort zone and places we never
thought we could go. I love sitting in my room and creating stories
that take me to mythical worlds and introduce me to people who can't
even exist yet due to the lack of technology and magic. I love creating
stories that people lack the inability to imagine. It fills me with an
insane amount of pleasure I can't seem to get anywhere else.
Why I write is because I simply need to. If I don't I won't be able to
function. My imagination is a wild animal that can't be caged or
domesticated. It needs to roam free in the world and devour the minds
of all who come into contact with it. I'm a storyteller. It's my
identity. Storytelling is my life. Writing makes me feel good. It keeps
me in a good mood and put me in a good mood when I'm in a bad one.
Writing is easy for me but it isn't easy to write.
Writing is challenging. It takes a long time to get the story out there
and into the world. It takes many hours alone in my room. Staring at a
computer screen or down at lines paper. It's a fun challenge though.
It's an epic battle with the page to spin a yard that can inspire
people for generations. That's what makes writing so precious. It's
hard but if you work at it in the end you will have created something.
Creating is beautiful. Especially when you feel you've earned it by
putting the work in.
I love writing so much I do it for free. I don't need a paycheck to
motivate me to sit down and create for hours. Payment would be nice but
the satisfaction of knowing someone was entertained by my story is
payment enough. It cost me nothing to create but time and effort. It
would be great to write full time and not just when I'm free to.
However, I don't want to ever feel like writing is my job. The day I
feel like writing is a chore and I rather lay in bed is a day I fear. I
don't know what I would do if writing stopped feeling like a passion
and more like pain.
Writing makes me feel great that's why I write.
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