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Do you ever read a book and you're like, I could have done that?

Well, I suppose that's a little part of the reason why I started writing.

I started writing when I was twelve, simply because I had watched a Harry Potter film and fell in love with it. I was young and naive, and could never have done what Jo Rowling did but it was the beginning.

Then I fell into a teenage identity crisis. Aha, that was when I really started writing; nonsense I might add. I would write seven thousand words of nonsense a day, just to keep my mind set on something. Once the crisis was over, I had developed the habit. A good habit.

But then again, writing is probably one of the hardest of all the creative outlets, next to music for the naturally tone-deaf. I paint and I do a bit of photography here and there, but what a picture can describe could probably take thousands of words to fully describe. I'm afraid I'm boasting when I say that I only write because it's the only talent I have discovered I possess.

I write because there is a story inside of me that is aching to get out. It's a story that I can imagine people connecting with, that I can imagine people getting excited about.

I am the kind of person who is emotionally affected by the written word, so the thought of being the CREATOR of feelings—of changing someone with the use words—makes me passionate about writing. I write for other people. Don't get me wrong, I extract so much joy from writing, but the reason I write is to give the words to someone else and create in them a new thought or feeling that they didn't have before.

I write because its something I enjoy. I like being able to create whatever I want with no limitations. I like being able to see how creative I can get, see what things I can make up and write down. For once, I'm in control and nobody can tell me what I can or can't do when I write. I also find that I do escape when I write. I sort of get lost in my own little world when I write and I like it. I slip away from everyday problems and bothers. Writing, for me, is also kind of like an addiction. I have to write at least once a day or it drives me insane. I have to constantly write.

I also write, to escape I guess. I love being able to be another character. It's the same reason I love acting. I also love inventing other characters because I know them better than anyone else. It's like you create a strange sort of friendship with your characters, and being someone who doesn't have a lot of friends, it's nice. I know! How sad is that!? : D! But oh well, it's my own little fantasy world where EVERYTHING is right. : ] ♥

You write "asdf" because they are the first four keys in the keyboard home row. If you just push down your left hand on an American standard keyboard, it makes "asdf."

To get more directly to your question though: I write because it is less temporary than speaking and, until recently, the only way of recording language.

I write because I get inspired by things or events that have happened and my mind just takes them to a new level. It also gives me a little premonition into what my future could be like if I go through different situations. And, overall, it's to escape.

I usually write to express myself. Sometimes it's to say things to people that I wouldn't ordinarily have the chance to say in a normal day - like poetry about family or friends, sometimes it's about things that I say all the time but I write them in a fresh, new way that other people can understand. Sometimes it's to tell a creative story that's in my mind that I want to share. It all depends on what form I'm writing in and what's going on.

I was always numb inside. I didn't combine socially, didn't know how conversations go. So when I found my voice it was to feel--to feel something real that comes from me. The images (I write poetry) evoke in me a sense of place and time. It's completely humbling. It's a refuge, a labor, and it makes me feel like a thief. I hear words and phrases in my head...

Writing is my portal to my dreams.

I write because My imagination is too big for books.

I don't know. I just feel like I want to, like I have to. Maybe I'm just addicted to writing. One of my stories I just really like the characters.