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Post by phantomstar57 on Dec 5, 2016 18:22:06 GMT -5
Oh, and I forgot to say. Sorry that you hurt you knee. Hope your doing better. |
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Dec 5, 2016 18:37:50 GMT -5
I was thinking the general author questions. "What got you interested in writing? Why do you write?" stuff like that.
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Post by phantomstar57 on Dec 5, 2016 20:45:06 GMT -5
I was thinking the general author questions. "What got you interested in writing? Why do you write?" stuff like that. |
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Post by phantomstar57 on Dec 5, 2016 21:53:02 GMT -5
OK Minted!
Here it is!
WHY DO I WRITE? LET ME COUNT THE WAYS!
It is a common question, as is what started you writing, so, I shall answer with my unique perspective, both questions with one answer. I have always written stories, driven to do so even before I learned to pencil letters. I drew sketches, telling stories at a very young age, so for me, the urge to write grew with me, developing as I matured. It is such an ingrained part of me, I actually get rather cranky if life circumstances prevent me from working on my stories. I write because something deep inside pushes me.
Though I know not the source of this inner drive, it pushed me to create stories from the nonhuman point of view for over five decades. I can’t recall ever saying suddenly “I want to be a writer” but always loved the song by the Beatles “Paperback Writer”. I suppose my inner self knew already, and in truth, I wanted to be an author for as far back as my memory goes, about a 57 year span. I fondly recall my picture book style stories, written in those black and white composition notebooks, with a rising sun and rainbow logo done in crayon, which I dubbed “Sunrise Publications”. I write because the joy of creating flows back and forth between me and the notebook.
Finding time to write challenges the best of us, but I always carried notebooks to work, school, everywhere, so if spare time presented itself, I put pen to paper. I stil have notebooks in this computer age, for rough drafts, charts, character lists, family trees, maps and other information, but no longer print double-spaced typed manuscripts, thanks to Independent publishing. Now printed proofs take the place of traditional manuscripts. I write because it challenges the mind.
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When I work on my stories, I dive into a zone, where I can literally shut out all stimuli short of a nuclear bomb. I drop into that world, and, as it opens up before my mind’s eye, I see the characters, and their surroundings. I hear what they say, watch what they do and dutifully record all as their loyal scribe. When I must stop, and come up for air, to participate in real life, I feel like I just woke up from a dream. I write for sheer enjoyment and entertainment.
Some drop into success early, while others bloom late, but I have waited many, many long years just to see my books in print. It is a lifelong dream come true. Though I am not famous or well known (yet), I feel very lucky to have a husband and lifemate who financially supports my lifelong dreams, and helps pay for the most difficult thing an Independent Author must deal with-advertizing and promotion. It is a necessary task. I write in hopes I might be successful enough to bring in a decent income.
This is a journey, that will not end until I draw my last breath, and no matter how many or how few books I sell, I am happy I spent most of my adult life working my muse and creating tales for readers to enjoy. I doubt I will ever retire from writing, and barring a nasty surpise like blindness, I shall go to my grave with a keyboard stuck to my fingers, and a story behind my eyes. I write to create new worlds, doing what life meant for me to do the day I entered this world.
I write because that urge is, was, and always will be, as great as the need for food and water, the need for love, and the need for shelter, thus always a part of me it shall be.
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Dec 6, 2016 1:06:27 GMT -5
*claps, whistles, and other forms of cheering on!* And her books are awesome too.Anyway, I love what you wrote Phantom, and I'm going to see what I can do to track down a few others for writing one as well. (I'm also going to write one, you know, because. XD ) I love how you describes the way it feels to write. Because that's how it is for me as well.  |
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Post by phantomstar57 on Dec 6, 2016 14:51:04 GMT -5
Glad you like dit. Tried to express it as best as possible. Some things are so hard to explain!
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Dec 6, 2016 15:10:41 GMT -5
I know what you mean. |
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