Writing

[lady_karelia]

To all who write, I'm curious. Why do you write? I'm genuinely curious, and I don't want anyone to draw ideas from others' comments, so I'm screening comments for a day or two. I just want a really honest opinion. And if you don't want your comment to be seen, say so, and I won't unscreen it. I'm just really curious.

Comments

[silverdoe7127.livejournal.com]

I didn't discover fanfiction until after book 7, when my disappointment forced me to find something more. For as long as I can remember, I have always made up stories in my head. something to keep me occupied during mundane tasks, when driving a long distance, or to help me fall asleep. Some of these stories made in onto paper and are in a file, others have been scrapped. What I didn't realize was that all this time many of the stories in my head were a form of fanfiction. The original stories are the ones that I actually wrote down. I write to get them out of my head. I write to calm myself down. I write things I would want to read. My writing is personal. I write it for me. I may not be good at it, but it's mine. A part of me that will still be here when I am gone.

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

I think being good at it or not becomes a very objective thing once you've learned the basics. In a way, I also find it's secondary, after I'm happy that I've written something, that I write some more, that eventually, there is an entire story I told.

I, too, find driving incredibly helpful. I do it when I'm stuck with plot, even if it's just for a few miles, but it works perfectly well for me, and I far prefer it over cleaning the kitchen, LOL.

Thank you for sharing!