Here’s a top five for you that will hopefully get those thought juices flowing. Top 5 reasons why you write (in whatever category: fic or otherwise)

  1. I write because I simply love it. I’ve created stories since I was very small and though I’ve taken breaks here and there, i never truly ceased.
  2. Along those lines, my brain is almost always bubbling over with ideas. A bit of song, art, or just random lines and I’m away to the races.
  3. In a way, I have to. See above. To me there’s nothing like the feeling when you get a real flow going, or something happens in a fic i’m writing and I’m like, “oh so that’s why…”, or to reread a particularly good sentence or bit and to know that *I* created it.
  4. I love seeing people react to my work. Of course this is primarily in regards to fanfic. I’m downright prolific, and in a lot of ways it’s because of the love and support I’ve recieved from my fanfic community. With fanfic I’m writing to a live audience. And they respond.
  5. I don’t think writing is a skill anyone can ever fully master. Every word I write I’m improving. Incrementally, sometimes, but already I can look back on my earlier fanfics and go “this is good, but I’m so much better now.” And I’ll be better a year from now, and ten years from now.

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