what makes you write, where do you think it comes from, and how do you get it written down?

me:
i write for many reasons, often to attempt to purge bad feelings when the day isn't going so good, or i get a line in my head that becomes several lines and i'm off. i have no idea how i came to write. no one else in my family does. i have nothing ever written down. if i have an idea, i come here and hit "post new topic" and i start typing. i have no other copies of my poetry anywhere. i have no logical explaination for that...

I write because I cant help it...

There are so many reasons I write it would take forever to put them all down so let me just give a few...

fear, anger, pain, sorrow, elation, just because I can, and sometimes I just have to (a thought comes to me and a story must be shared)

Getting these things out is sometimes a huge task and others it is almost like another person is in control and I am just holding the pen... effortless!

My ability comes from God as all gifts in my life but the subjects come from all things and people around me great or small and from the things that happen to me and around me in this world or perceived.

I have also come to believe that I would be unable to write the way I do were I not bipolar.

Hard to nail that one down..
Great question though!!!

He would have to think and that is something painful to him so Wench has set a time limit on him for that activity. LOL

I just love to write. I'm more introvert than extrovert. I need time to think. I'm not quick on the wit in public. I stumble. Alot. Especially with woman. Sometimes I say things and I want to edit what I said right after I say them. But unlike writing you can't edit what you've already said. Once it's said, it's said. So writing is a safety blanket for me. It keeps me warm when I know I have time to think. I can't carry an intellectual conversation without skimming through books of knowledge at the same time. I just don't remember that much too well. I have ADD. Not ADHD. I have to constantly keep myself entertained. Writing entertains me. Almost as much as reading. Reading inspires the writing. I don't know what else to say. I just love to write. If more kids played with books and not guns the world would be a smarter place.

A means of expression and sharing. The urge hits I let it fly through typing fingers.

Ok there littl miss smart*ss!!!!!

Ha any limitations are self-imposed.

To Write

I write to breathe
I breathe to write
my life is in pieces of paper
snipits,
phrases that sing through me
a catharsis, a gift given
to grow through scrutiny
to grow past rejection
complacency
a need to share so others
have an open door,
a window
a response that overtakes my senses
compells me
sometimes
all the time
many words to say much
few words to express much more
intense
deep and the need to veil and fold
a hope to feel love again
to gift love
to be naked
vulnerable and hiding
in plain sight
plane sight
site
always

love and sweetness
Raine Les 7/23/2008

that was beautiful, raine

Exactly (well, minus the ADD part...and replace women with men).

I write to express thoughts and ideas that may speak or inspire someone else. I continue to write hopefully to improve, learn and even listen to what other imput. I write to help someone else, or express an emotion.

I listen to a writers voice inside, and sometimes it inspires ideas for the future, or a really good fantasy..

I get lost when I write, but my education is much in need of a better vocabulary. I write to hopefully share the truth on my heart, and also share my Faith in Christ and hope for a peace in our world. I look to share my words of the love I often find in serving and helping others.

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