This is a great opinion piece on the “Indies Unlimited” site from writer and fellow blogger J.D. Mader who asks quite simply, “What’s a writer for?” It’s certainly a query I’ve made to myself. Why am I doing this? What purpose does this serve? I could drop dead in the middle of this great story, and the world will not stop rotating. So, why go through all that trouble of writing, editing and researching? Well, I do it mainly for the love of it. I’ve always loved to write; to create stories and characters, or in many cases, reconfigure what’s happened to me and the people I’ve met. Of course, I change the names to protect myself. But, for all of us creative types, we always find ourselves asking what purpose does it all serve.
We are writers because we can’t help it. It’s an artistic inclination we have to sate, lest we go insane.
Cheers, my friend. Write forth. 😉
Cheers. 😉
Always! Writing is my life’s blood.