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Why do You Write?

I write to live my imagination, and provide a portal to my dreams. I view the fictional world as a great escape from reality, and dreams as a sacutary, even if they lead to death. One day I wish to live in the world of my mind.

In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me
 
I write because…well, I got started when I read one or two really good stories online and thought, "Hey, I could do that, and I wouldn't have to worry about if it's horrible or not because I'm not publishing it!" Then I got started, and I love taking a previously existing plot (PMD2 or Pokemon Ranger 2, at the moment) and completely twisting it so half of it is totally different. Or I retell it with different dialogue, a character that actually talks, character development, romance, random extra events…yeah.

And when I get an idea that's actually really good, and I'm having fun planning out, I become an addict to the plot/characters and will concentrate solely on that for a while and write a lot. And it makes me happy to read over my work and know that I'm improving, that it's actually fairly good.

Overall, I've grown to love it - especially plotting after a rare stroke of inspiration or writing emotional, interesting scenes.
 
I have interesting stories within my dreams at times. I write in order to get those feelings down and to not forget about them. Pleasant dreams shouldn't be forgotten.
 
I used to write to please the fans I had on Da, but now I just write for the sake of writing.
 
If I were to say i write because I don't want to lose a good idea, it's only half right.

I think I write mainly to improve. I've been told that I write really well, but I don't agree with it; so when I'm writing something, I'm doing it to improve my writing as well as preserve a great idea. (which is why I do the occasional story outline.)
 
Tailsy said:
So that one day, somebody will care enough about what I've written to burn copies of my books.
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Just for the record, this is one of the most intelligent things I've seen you say.

Me? I like words. I like it when words are put together in ways that work. Sometimes I think I can do that.
 
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