Writing - Why do I write?

Why do I write? Why does anyone write?

Writing is about communication. It’s about getting ideas out of your head and putting them down into a form that is easy to understand (or at least sometimes it is). Writing letters, writing texts or Facebook updates or Tweets. Writing poetry or lavish love letters or fiction. It’s all about communicating.

Maybe sometimes it’s not about communicating with the world or with a certain someone, maybe sometimes it’s just about communicating with yourself. After all, the self can be a very confusing person to talk to, especially when one is so easily distracted.

So… why do I write?

Personally, I write because I can’t imagine not writing. For as long as I can remember, I have written stories and poetry. Not all of it has been good, some has been downright bad – so bad it would make your eyes bleed to read and make you deaf should you ever hear it read out loud. I don’t think it would be too far off to say that I write to calm the voices in my head.

It gets awfully messy in my head and well, writing helps to calm that down.

I write to keep myself sane.