Your post most certainly covered all of the reasons why I write—and those reasons vary over time and temperament. I have a need to release and process emotion through writing. As a newspaper correspondent I told other people's stories which satisfied my need to contribute to the community and to be published. I recently proofread my already edited novel for the third time feeling comfortable to let it go into the world. Now I feel compelled to put the new story in my head into google docs and experience the emotional rollercoaster all over again.
Your post most certainly covered all of the reasons why I write—and those reasons vary over time and temperament. I have a need to release and process emotion through writing. As a newspaper correspondent I told other people's stories which satisfied my need to contribute to the community and to be published. I recently proofread my already edited novel for the third time feeling comfortable to let it go into the world. Now I feel compelled to put the new story in my head into google docs and experience the emotional rollercoaster all over again.
Thanks, Taylor, nice to hear you chime in. And yes, reasons definitely evolve through time and temperament. Good luck with your novel!