Ask any thirteen year old what their view of writing is, and you’ll get varying answers. Some I’ve heard from my friends include “I hate writing!”, “I dunno… I’d rather play ball than write anything, but I’ll do it for school.” and “Hey, writing’s cool! I love writing.”
For me, I have to agree with the last view. I love to write.
When I write, I know what’s going to happen, I control what’s going to happen, this I think is a reason why writing is so appealing, to me at least. I mean, in life we can’t control what happens, we don’t know how we are going to die or who we’re going to marry or how many kids we’ll have, where as in writing, you do.
Also, writing is a way to escape. It’s a way to live the life you never had. A way to go to a distant land or sail around the world or visit a mythical world. I know when I write, I write about things I’ve always wanted to do, like go to Greece or to a world that’s still in the midevil times where all the girls wear long dress and the men wear suits of armor and tunics and breeches, although I do incorporate things that have happened to me, I prefer creating situations I wish I could be in.
Another reason I write, is because I often times feel let down by books, even those by my favorite authors. I’ll go over and over in my head how these books could have ended better, how they could have ended like I wanted them to. Thus, I write my own stories, because I can make the stories end exactly how I want them to.
These, are really my main reasons, Control of the stories and then the escape of writing. I don’t really know if other authors have these same main reasons for writing, I can only know how I feel about it.
-Elle
P.S. If you’re an author, what are your main reasons for writing, and why? Do you feel the same way as I do or perhaps you write only for money or for the enjoyment of your readers?
, now I must force myself away from the computer, because the only thing I love more than a good book is the internet!
