To all the writers out there.
Why do you write?
Is it a compulsion, a need? Do you wake up each day and not know peace until you write a sentence, a paragraph, a chapter? Do you fear that if you don’t then you will burst?
Do you write for fame and fortune? Do you envision filing whole shelves in the bookstore? Do you see websites devoted to you, adoring fans, #1 on the New York Times bestseller list?
Why do you write?
Is it a profession like any other? A way to pay the bills and keep a roof over your head? A means to put food on the table?
Maybe you’re a dilletante. Writing is self-entertainment, a way to vent your creative impulses in your spare time. Nothing worth publishing, just for fun.
Or maybe you write for friends and family. It’s a way to amuse them with your talents, a bonding experience.
Do you write for strangers? Potential followers? Or maybe for no one in particular?
Why do you write?
Do you have a message to send? A vision to share? A statement to make?
Is it about entertainment and laughter? Or maybe you seek to instill fear, or joy, or curiosity, or dread, or thoughtfulness, or …
Or no reason other than because you can.
Why do you write?
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Jake W. Powell 