Why do you write?

[Elfwing]

@scripter-of-kingdoms It is therapy, isn’t it? I can’t imagine not being able to write.

I'm 'a homeschooler' because cookie-making writing artistic animal-whisperer isn't a job title

[Kads]

@elfwing Oh, 100%. Same here. I didn’t do all this maladaptive daydreaming for nothing… XD

staring at the fields
if nothing's really real
i'll make the winter now my home

[Elfwing]

@scripter-of-kingdoms haha same! I may be an awkward introvert around most everyone but I make up with my imagination. I sometimes stop talking in a conversation with someone because a random idea crosses my brain, and after processing the idea, I realized I stopped talking and the person is staring at me in confusion XD Even without a highly vivid imagination, I already have about as much focus as Hammy the squirrel. XD

I'm 'a homeschooler' because cookie-making writing artistic animal-whisperer isn't a job title

[Kads]

@elfwing Exactly (except I ain’t introverted XDD)! LOL that’s pretty funny. I always daydream best when I’m on a walk and I have music playing. I love daydreaming about my characters; I wouldn’t have my book series if I didn’t think about them. Heck, the idea for my first book was conceived in a daydream!!!

staring at the fields
if nothing's really real
i'll make the winter now my home

[Elfwing]

@scripter-of-kingdoms lol yeah it is until I realize it’s the instructions for lunch that I just lost… XD

haha I daydream everything! I inherited my dad’s imagination; he sees everything he thinks about in color and its like a movie in his head XD

I'm 'a homeschooler' because cookie-making writing artistic animal-whisperer isn't a job title

[Elfwing]

@scripter-of-kingdoms, what was the daydream for your first story?

I'm 'a homeschooler' because cookie-making writing artistic animal-whisperer isn't a job title

[Kads]

@elfwing Oh noo…… XD That sucks. Yo, that’s awesome! I’m the same way. 🙂 I actually just daydream about my characters and then write scenes sometimes which is cool, haha. Vivid imaginations are the best! 😀

Ah… I was thinking about an OC I had made up, a persona for Legend of Zelda. I was thinking about what she’d be like if she was in a different Zelda game… and then I thought about what it’d be like if she had companions. Well, that girl ended up being Bren, and her companions Marge, Daph and Ripley respectively. 😉

staring at the fields
if nothing's really real
i'll make the winter now my home

[Anatra]

@kathleenramm
This is a good question.
When I first started to write it was a hobby. Lil homeschooled me with lots of free time, energy and creative detrimental “talent”, spilled everything into  writing. But now it’s hard to immagine a place without this outlet of creativity. I’ve previously said this, but in rough times, (like @elfwing ) writing was an outlet, and an escape. When writing became a competition, it lost my interest, and I began to crumble, just a little bit. But then, for fun, and because I felt lost without it, I picked up my pen again and had a blast living in my own worlds.

Now writing is a therapy ( @scripter-of-kingdoms ) an expression and a love. Fantasy lives inside of me, and at this point idk if it’s become a part of me, or if I’m just in it.

But, every time I’m mid writing a book, and I tell anyone spoilers about it, the interest kind of half dies within me fsr. It’s like my secret world designed for me has crumbled as soon as another person steps foot in it. Sometimes this is frustrating, like I have to keep to myself, but I’ve just found that this fantasy writing has become more personal than just some notes and an over-exited fangirl Lol. (Basically I’m saying, if I ever send you my WIP, you’ve entered my world, and I trust you won’t crumble it.)

@devastate-lasting
This is so right. Suffocation is the perfect way to describe it.

*sighs* Great topic. I loved reading it all!

 

[Anatra]

Also, @scripter-of-kingdoms  That daydream is hilarious XD. I defiantly get the mind wandering part of forming an idea.

[Anonymous]

@kathleenramm

Wow, this is a loaded question. I shall try my best to keep my answer as short and coherent as possible… but we all know it probably won’t be possible. 😂 Well, lemme try anyways.

I write because I want to share Christ’s hope, love, light, redemption and salvation with everyone I possibly can. I feel called to be a witness through my writing.

There is so much pain, tragedy, and cruelty in the world, and people are lost and searching for a meaning in all of it. People cannot help but search desperately for meaning, and no one knows where the answers are, which leads them to the wrong teachers. In turn, that causes trauma, grief, and all sorts of awful things. Hurt people hurt people.

God has so much love, empathy, and compassion for those who are hurt and desperately searching for answers in the wrong places. Life is full of pain and bad things do happen because we live in a sinful world. But He cares and loves so much that He died the most painful and shameful death of crucifixion to cleanse humanity of our sin and darkness. I want to share with others the glorious news of Christ’s amazing love and how much He cares for them. He has filled me with His love for these people. He has given me the gift of writing so that I may be His witness through it.

Words that others have written have changed my life (and continue to change my life) and led me to the beauty of Jesus, and I want to do the same for readers in turn. Above all, the Book written by Jesus Himself changed my life (and continues to change my life). Writing is uniquely a great honor and gift because God Himself is a Writer and Author, and He chose to give us the same gift that brought His own Book into the world.

So yes, there’s my long (but hopefully coherent) answer! 😉🥰

[Kads]

@anatra23 Oh my word… the thing you said about your world crumbling… it’s true. I feel the exact same way. I showed some of my poetry to my best friend and felt terrible about it afterwards because that stuff takes a good look at things I think about, things in my mind, haha.

Yepppp. Mind-wandering is the best part of getting ideas!

staring at the fields
if nothing's really real
i'll make the winter now my home

[Bethany]

I write because I have mental images, concepts, and plotlines I need to get out on paper. I don’t really write for anyone besides me, but it would be awesome if I could publish some books one day. I write the kinds of stories I want to read.

[Anatra]

@scripter-of-kingdoms

Ikr? It’s so weird sometimes. Like I’m super exited and then suddenly my interest is gone once a person steps into my reality fantasy.

@sparrowhawke

*nods* Very forward thinking.

[Kads]

@anatra23 I know! It’s so true… when I showed my poetry that day I found myself wishing I could take the words back.

staring at the fields
if nothing's really real
i'll make the winter now my home

[Elizabeth]

@kathleenramm Thank you for your lovely introductory post. You have such beautiful reasons to write (I care a lot about the whole understanding one’s self thing, if you can’t tell *points at my forum signature*) Also, I saw that this was the question of the week in the KP newsletter a few days ago and ended up having an hour-long conversation with my husband about why we make art, so thank you for sparking that. XD

For lack of a better term, I’m in a season of writer’s block right now, so it’s a bit hard to answer the question accurately. I know I used to write to process/express my emotions (as opposed to like, actually feeling them and talking about them, which is what I try to do now–11/10, feel and express and talk about your feelings, kids) and also because I had wrapped up so much of my identity in “being a writer” that I felt like I had to write or risk becoming somehow less than. God is definitely helping me unravel that, but in the meantime, I’m taking a bit of a break from it while I process some other things.

Now? I’m not entirely sure. I haven’t written in a fair while, but I hope when I do again, it will be simply because I see something beautiful or hard or true in the world and want to reflect it in my words.

“Seven seconds till the end. Time enough for you. Perhaps. But what will you do with it?”

[Author]

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