Tagged It! Top 5 Reasons Why I Love to Write

by Jaden

My dear friend Melissa from Writing Forward has challenged me to write the Top 5 Reasons Why I Love to Write.

1) I like working alone. It’s peaceful. These days, I would rather write dramas than live them.

2) I already talk too much as it is, so I need a place to go where I can talk endlessly without annoying anyone. That place is in my journals, novels, and screenplays where people can opt out if they tire of me.

3) My mind is constantly reeling with ideas and thoughts that I have to get out of my head. New story twists or character traits thrill me.

4) I like to help people. If someone can avoid a tragedy after reading one of my horror stories, that’s great!

5) Writing is my life log. The thing that pains me the most when old people die is that all their amazing personal and historical experiences are GONE!

Even the tiniest of insignificant details are interesting when time passes and everything changes.

I encourage ALL people I meet, young and old, to write! Some day, even the most boring life will become fascinating to those in the future. What is boring now is totally different than what was boring 100 years ago or what will be boring in 100 years in the future. Think about it.

Think about how bored young Anne Frank probably was when she was hiding from ignorance and hatred in an attic. And now her journal is one of the most famous journals of all time.

With retrospect, a simple life becomes fascinating.

Imagine finding your great-great-grandmother’s saucy teenage diaries! The language. The dreams. Did any ever come true?

January 18, 2008 | Filed Under Uncategorized 

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2 Responses to “Tagged It! Top 5 Reasons Why I Love to Write”

  1. Melissa Donovan on January 18th, 2008 10:33 pm

    These are great reasons for writing! You are the eternal journal writer! Thanks for taking me up on the challenge ;)

  2. How To Write on January 19th, 2008 6:42 pm

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