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

[mazzy2121.livejournal.com]

I can't truly pinpoint when or why I started writing, but I can tell you what writing 'does for me' and maybe that will shed some light??

It basically serves two purposes: artistic release (because I can't draw or paint or sing -- or even cook, truth be told), and it's an escape from the "daily grind".

I've made up little stories since I was a kid, but I didn't start writing for people to read until Harry Potter, and even then it was a gradual transition from stream-of-thought writing to a style that would (hopefully) allow others to "see" what I see in my head in a given scene.

The latter, I've found, is much more fun and allows me to get lost in the fantasy/story/scene for a moment and leave the mundane behind - just as the HP books themselves did for me. (Clarification: That sounds like I'm 'putting myself into the story', aka: Mary Sue, but I don't "see" it like I'm there living it so much as like a movie in my head in which I can see the strugles of the characters, relate to their emotions, and enjoy their triumphs with them - not "as" them.)

And that's pretty much it. A long winded way of saying that its an escape and allows the kid in me to come out and play. :)

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing, Mazzy! Using it as an escape--I think we all do that to a certain extent at least. I know I can get lost in thinking up scenes, and when I'm forced back into reality, it feels like returning from a different planet.

And if we all allowed our inner child to come out and play, the world would be a more peaceful place. :D