Why Write?

A lot of people over the years have asked me "Why do you write?" I used to simply reply with "I write because it is just something I do... Why do I write? Well why do you breathe?" Then one day, I got thinking. Why do I write? What sense of pleasure do I derive from it? I came up with a few reasons WHY I write and WHY everyone should at least attempt to write, even if the quality turns out to be not so good.

I have found that writing keeps me sane. Through tough times, writing has been my rock. It has given me a medium to express myself. Writing is unique and different for everyone and people write in different ways. Some people write poems that rhyme, some write poems that don't. Some write stories, some write simple sentences. Some people write music, others write songs. Some people write their feelings, and some people write about nothing in relevance at all. But still, we write.

Expressing yourself in any way is a good thing. The arts are very helpful for this. Through an art, we can tell a story, we can SHOW people what we want to tell them. Writing is my art; it helps me express who I am. I find it hard to talk about my feelings face to face with someone but give me a pen and paper and I can turn my inner most feelings into words, transform them into something that they will understand. Through a pen, I've got my voice.

My friend Ben Hadfield, a great paper writer from essaywritingservice always likes to say: “the great thing about writing is that anyone can do it, regardless of culture, language, native tongue. We don't even have to show what we write to anybody, but seeing something on paper can help to organize our thoughts.”

When I was very young, a wise person told me that if I was ever really mad at someone, before I act I should write it down. I should write how I feel and why I feel that way. Then once you've vented all your negative thoughts onto paper you will feel much better. You find that you were irrationally mad or ticked off and there won't be any tension because you didn't march right over there and give that person a piece of your mind. You simply wrote down how you felt

This piece of advice has been helpful to me, because many times I have rushed to conclusions and in retrospect, I see that the fault was my own.

When we write, we generally write what is on our minds and through this, we are given freedom of thought, even when we are being oppressed, if we can write, we can think, and when we think, great things happen.

All of famous quotes have come from someone’s free thoughts. Martin LutherKings "I have a dream", William Shakespeares "All the worlds a stage" , Einstiens "Theory of relativity" and even that cute quote whos author remain anonymous. All great things are born of someone’s free thought.

So, to answer the question, "Why do I write?" I write to be freed. I write to clear my mind. I write to have my say. I write to express myself. I write, because it makes me happy.

I think that everyone should try to give writing a go. It doesn't have to be good, and it doesn't have to rhyme, just write your feelings, express yourself. Let yourself go, free your inhibitions and you might surprise yourself with what you can come up with.

I'll leave you now, with one of my favorite quotes:

"The reason one writes isn't the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say" F. Scott Fitzgerald