Good Reasons for Writing
Thursday, June 13, 2013 @ 11:15 AM
REASONS FOR WRITING
It is natural to want to make money from writing and of course many do so. Good luck to them. However, it can be difficult to grab a literary agent’s attention. This is why Amazon Kindle self-publishing is so popular. You are in effect your own publisher. You may or not make money but you are a published author so well done you.
There are other reasons for using your keyboard finger rather than your tongue to express yourself.
People paint pictures not because they think they will become famous or will sell their pictures. They do so because painting (and writing) is therapeutic and it gives them a sense of achievement.
People take up photography. Their images often win prizes but they love photography for the same reasons artists paint pictures.
Artistes. These are those drawn to theatre, acting, singing or otherwise entertaining. They may not get paid for their performances but again it is human to express yourself in ways that please you.
You could indulge in such as mountaineering, socialising, building models many things. However, setting one’s thoughts down by writing one‘s memoirs or a novel costs much less and lasts much longer. I ask myself is laziness the reason I write or is it just a pursuit I prefer?
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