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Why Do We Write

I write because it's in me to express myself to the people who will listen.
Writing is not a chore to me, but a hobby, one which I enjoy a lot. That's why I do it, it's not for the money "Lord No" but for my personal satisfaction and gratification.

I rarely allow anyone to read what I write, it's like a precious diary to me, one of my life, my troubles, my hopes and desires and expectations.

Contributed by Sylvia A Perez

I have written stories for as long as I can remember - at least since I was eight or nine. Apparently, before that, I lisped out little fairytales to whoever would listen, almost as soon as I could talk. (This information comes from older siblings who were treated, if that is the word, to my earliest sagas!)

Why do I do it? Because writing is as natural and as necessary to me as breathing. It is my life's blood, and, without it, I would cease to live. Oh, it is possible that some strange being who looked a bit like me might exist, but the universe would be a grey place, inhabited by shadows drifting by, meaningless.

So, I write to survive, to maintain my sanity, and because I only feel truly alive when I have some writing project on the go.

Janis Robertson

The question stirs my psyche and initially I am inclined to hold back from trying to reply. Nevertheless, I will say that my enquiring mind and the innate imagination I possess compels me to write things down. Then I go on to compose a fictitious story or a piece of nonfiction.

F.Scott Fitzgerald the American author of the 1925 novel "The Great Gatsby" wrote this: quote. You don`t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say. unquote.

This, I think, is a good piece of advice for me and for all writers. A theme is necessary - a comment on life past or present or even future - it helps to make something of mere scribbling.

Dorothy Spry

So the burning question is, why do you write? Please let us know, in less that 1000 words please. All submissions will be posted unless of an offensive nature.

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