Shade in Ink - A quest for a more natural life

Why Write

The question was posed, I was tagged, whatever so, I am answering it....

I write because I must.

I have had stories circling through my head since I was a very small girl - always on to the next adventure in my head. As a girl, I read books - an uncountable number - and I knew that's what I wanted to do - I wanted to make other people see what was in my head. Besides - if Louisa May Alcott, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and about 17,000 other women writers could do it - and succeed at it - so could I. Even if I never put them on paper - my stories entertain me - as I drift off to sleep, I daydream my characters, my plots and twists.

I write because it's the only thing I am good at.

I've tried to be other things with no real success. So, I stick with what I know I can do.

I write because, if I didn't, everyone who ever told me I'd never make it as a writer would win. I can't allow that at all. I'm too competitive to allow that. I'm too stubborn to allow that. I spent half my life being told I was nothing and believing it and damned if I'll ever allow that again. So - they cannot win and I won't let them and, so long as I am trying, they are losing.

I write because it's the only thing I've ever wanted to do.

I could spend hours at the computer without pause. I could slip off into my own worlds and only come up to breath to eat - if not for my kids and husband who keep me grounded in real life beyond my own creations. It is the only thing that is not tedious. I enjoy it. I love it. It is me. It is in my blood, my soul, my heart. I write because I am Sarah Wagner. If I did not write, I would be someone else.

~S

Posted by Shade53 at April 13, 2006 08:02 AM