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Comment by noreen sheikh on October 29, 2011 at 6:22am

i write because it gives me happiness, then even i write and when i don't even know that i can't write

Comment by P.Allen Jones on October 28, 2011 at 6:14pm

I write to educate (OUR VOICE) and inspire (PONDER FAITH)

Comment by Joseph M. Rinaldo on October 28, 2011 at 8:04am

I write because the voices in my head tell me to! :)

Comment by Anjum Wasim Dar on October 28, 2011 at 12:38am

I write because I am blessed with this gift by Nature.I belong to a Kashmiri family who has well known published writers-like Khalid Hasan, Masood Hasan,Suraya Khurshid,Nazneen Sheikh (Canada)Khalifa Abdul Hakim and my Dear Grandfather Maulvi Mohammed Hasan a prominent educationist and a poet.I write because my Dear Mother encouraged me to write a diary, to record events and our travels in the Northern Areas of Pakistan, I write because my Honorable Teachers guided me towards the love of Language and Literature and taught me about many famous writers in the world-I was deeply inspired and wanted to be like them.I want to represent my country in the international community of writers, in a way to return what my country has given me.I believe writers can make this world a better place , a happy place and a peaceful place. I believe writers solve problems and help many in need.I hope as a writer I will contribute to the betterment of society.

Comment by Monica Stoner on October 27, 2011 at 7:06pm

For those who say they write because they have to, I've been thinking that I write for the same reason my dogs (Salukis) run.  Because they can do nothing else.  It has to do with their incredible lightness of being Saluki.  When I write, I'm not an advanced age, advanced weight person. I am the universe and the universe is me.

Comment by Lauren Michelle on October 27, 2011 at 6:51pm

To be completely honest, I have no idea why I like to write so much. I've always loved reading, and writing was just something that came weaved itself into my DNA. I think, subconsciously, I was using it as an outlet without realizing it. All I know is that I love writing, and there's something in it that makes me feel accomplished and purposeful.

Comment by Robin Hawke on October 26, 2011 at 3:54pm

To avoid compromising.

Comment by Carol Hogan on October 26, 2011 at 1:55pm

It took me a lot of years of writing to realize that I was a writer. I mean, did you ever work at one kind of job that didn't involve writing, only to find a way to turn it into a writing job? I did that over and over again. And when I finally realized –– at the tender age of 40 –– that I was a writer, I felt like a salmon that didn't mind swimming upstream because now I had a purpose. Now I could write about the silly high school job passing out Christmas fruitcake, and turn it into a story. John Steinbeck –– my  hero –– said it best "I nearly always write just as I nearly always breathe."

Comment by G.G. Vandagriff on October 26, 2011 at 11:35am

I write because I can't not write.  I grew up in a severely dysfunctional home and got into the habit of creating virtual realities. I thought everyone did.  When I don't write, my brain turns against me.  Now that my children are all happily raised, I am consumed by my writing. I agree that it is a leap of faith, because I never know what tender part of my psyche will emerge, and whether what I say will resound with anyone else's psyche.  I am rather an iconoclast--a fervent Christian, but a writer who believes any path, if followed honestly, will find eternal truths to comfort and sustain us.  My blog today (http://ggvandagriff.com/blog)is about the difficulty I had writing my epic historical about Vienna from 1913-1938.  It took me forty years to be blessed with an understanding of the kind of suffering the Viennese endured.  It came as a result of a period of intense suffering in my own life, and my triumph over it.  I'm glad to see the sun again.

Comment by Cristina Trapani-Scott on October 26, 2011 at 9:46am

So, I've tried other things. I've even tried writing hard news, but I can't do anything besides write and teach writing. I tried working in an office environment. I tried being a journalist. I am not comfortable with either. I am a story teller, a poet, a novelist, a teacher and a mom. I don't want to be doing anything else. I have realized recently that I really needed to leave my full-time job and build the life I want, which revolves around writing fiction, poetry and essays. I supposed I could keep going on and on about it.

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