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Why did you start writing?

!AlwaysHoping Jun 3, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

When and why did you start writing? I started to write poetry when a friend who I used to be close with walked out of my life in between 8th grade and freshmen year. It was just a way for me to start letting my emotions out.

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~DaniBrown Jul 21, 2012

I didn't fancy doing art (have a look at my gallery, you'll see why) or media at degree level. A role of the dice decided creative writing. I like it.

~Phoenix8428 Jul 19, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

It just kind of came to me and I just wrote. Never really put much thought into who would like it and who wouldn't. Even today I am not well known outside of my college. The only reason I got noticed was because an English teacher of mine liked the work I turned in so much that it ended up being used in other English classes and I ended up winning two writing contests against other students. I'll probably never get published nor ever end up writing scripts or songs for movies, but I am fine with that. I don't write to be famous, I write because it gives my mind a chance to break free from the reality around me. My dad wrote a children book in his 30's and while it wasn't a best seller people still liked it. He got published, he had his name on a book, but I think in some way it killed his inspiration. He never wrote another book after that one and even stopped drawing altogether. That's not a fate I would ever want for myself, so I don't write to be successful or famous.

~TawneyK Jul 21, 2012

Wow, I really like your point of view. Personally, I write because I love to write too. It's just so magical when the characters and world in your head materialize on paper. It's like you're bringing something dead to life. And you feel like a god.

I don't know if it's because I'm overly shy or not, but sometimes I really do want to get noticed for my work - and so I try showing it to others, but then the work somehow loses its allure. I guess there's a part of my heart that wants fame, but I suck at marketing, and when it fails it feels like I've cheated my work lol XD

Anyways I really liked your points about writing not to be famous and being ok with it. Gives me a bit of strength! As for me, I started writing in Grade 4 when my class teacher took me aside and told me he liked my short story. It opened up a whole new world for me. I found something I was actually kind of good at. Since then I've written 5 completed novels (just drafts - not published, of course!) but I'm kind of confused as to what to do now. I don't want to shelve them, and I'm at that age when you're supposed to figure out what you gotta do in life (I'm going into uni next year).

~Phoenix8428 Jul 21, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

I don't feel like a god but I feel like I am giving life to characters trapped inside of my head. I have a photographic memory, so everything that I write is actually playing in my head like a movie. Every song that I write I am singing inside of my head. Everything inside of me is very much alive but dead to the world that doesn't read it. My ideas are apart of me as I am apart of them. Right now my head is playing a scene where a newly expecting father is writing words on his pregnant wife stomach reflecting how he feels about her and how much he loves her. Words like beautiful, timeless, forever, unforgettable, and many more. And the reason he is doing it is because his wife felt fat and ugly and he wants to prove to her that she is still as beautiful pregnant when she isn't. And these characters have feelings, lives, perceptions of their own which are apart of my own.

I am an INFP on the Meyer Brigg scale so I can get caught in my characters like many other INFP's have. Kurt Cobain (INFP) once thought he was gay because he loved music and making music over getting drunk and having sex with women. Our visions engulf us and we can slowly lose our mind if we allow it. Heath Ledger (INFP) for example got so caught up the role of the Joker that it ended up killing him. Overdosed on sleeping pills because he kept having nightmares of being the Joker. So it's a hard thing to shut off and I often lose myself in my own mind.

If you have written five completed novels, I would at least give it try to get them published. You put a lot of work into them and they at least deserve a chance to flourish in the world of literature. Even if they never receive the recognition that you think they deserve, at least you tried and someone out there will like what you have written. A lot of famous authors were turned down by multiple publishers before finding one daring enough to enlist them. And even if it never gets published, just continue writing because you love doing it. Don't worry so much about the fame but rather what you can bring out of yourself. Sometimes we can truly find who we are by what we have written. And maybe it will help you find what you want to do in life.

~TawneyK Jul 21, 2012

What a coincidence. I'm an INFP as well.

I think I kinda get what you mean by getting lost in your own world. As an INFP, I'm terribly introverted, and the reason why I prefer my solitude over getting drunk at a bar with a herd of homies is because I get to explore the worlds I have created and others have created. I have friends in real life but I also have friendships with characters that I have kept in the world up in my head for long.

Many INFPs have been great writers. I once read that J.K. Rowling was one.

Thank you for your kind words of encouragement! I will take them to heart

~Conn1496 Jul 18, 2012 Hobbyist Artist

I've always loved creating characters, places and scenarios, and recently, my love for slice-of-life comics caused me to write a few drafts to a slice-of-life story, which I am working on in my spare time whenever I'm not drawing. It's a great way to let all your ideas flow, really.

!The-Theory-Liz Jul 17, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

I always scribbled things down. It's weird there were times I hated writing, and other times I loved it. I started writing regularly when I was around sixteen years old, but I don't think I got way better at it till I was in college.

I've always had an overactive imagination, so it makes sense.

~PirateHunter4ev Jul 17, 2012 Student General Artist

I was trying to find a more creative way to let my emotions out. I started with stories, got onto songwriting, and now I do poetry along with the other two. I find it more creative and interesting than just ranting about it on paper

~SiberianDante Jul 16, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

My story is actually weird. I had some interests as a child such as writing, drawing, video games, etc. I focused on improving my prose writing since I wasn't satisfied with my drawing skills but now I'm regretting it

*jamberry-song Jul 13, 2012 Professional General Artist

I just had a lot of stories in my head. And sometimes I was closer to my characters than I was to real people in my life, and sometimes I wanted to share them.

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