Why Authors Write

Authors write because they cannot, not write.would shrivel up and die in this process were it
They have to in order to maintain a sense ofnot for the fact that they must take time out to
sanity and balance to their well being. It's like acare for themselves. That is how dedicated some
musician or a painter who sleeps eats, and lives,authors can become to the craft and the more
their music and masterpieces by perfecting theirthat they write, the easier and free flowing the
skills and applying their art to every stroke, note,words come for them as they bubble up from
beat and rhythm.within their very souls, and in their own distinctive
Writers have an innate passion for writing thatvoices allowing their readers to experience their
supersedes every other passion that they maycreative imagination for themselves.
be endowed with, and this innate passion isIt matters not what a author writes if conviction,
constantly churning vigorously in their creativetruth, and life, come from the finished product,
psyches and imaginations yearning to befor the spirit of the poet, the journalist,, or the
expressed outwardly into the written word.novelist, will flux forth and meld with the reader's
This is such an expansive endeavor that onceimagination and the two will become one. This is
they commit themselves and begin to write bywhy every writer has a distinct style, a distinct
sitting down with pen and paper, or typing at thevoice, and clarity, to their writing and we who
computer, or dictating into a Dictaphone, thisread these dedicated authors can say, 'Wow!
process consumes all their time and energy. TheyThat was wonderful, terrific, I can relate to that'.