New year, new challenges. It’s been a while since I’ve participated in a blog challenge, and I like the prompts provided by this new-to-me support group. (Let’s see if I still feel that way in December, eh?) Thank you, MFRW, for this opportunity.
Why do I write? Because otherwise I’d spend all my time daydreaming and never get anything done.
It’s like that feeling when you’ve got a song stuck in your head, and the only way to get it out and clear your mental pathways is to listen to that song. Characters and scenes get stuck in my brain, and the only way to clear mental file space (which I need for basic adult functioning) is to write them down.
I’m working on improving my plot planning skills, edging from pantser territory into the plotter zone. But when I actually sit to write a scene, it feels much more like I’m channeling the story than creating it. Pretty woo-woo, perhaps, but that’s my process, and I love that feeling.
I write because I have to.
Does that explanation resonate with you? Leave a comment, and I’ll pop over to visit your blog and check out your writing reasons.
I have music stuck in my head all day long; I love that analogy! I’ve written books in order and by piecing scenes together. The muse can be fickle at times…
Good luck with your writing!
I know what you mean about feeling like you’re channeling when you’re writing. I’ve always been a plotter, but I like to leave enough wiggle room for changes and further character development because for me there are always changes going on. No story exactly follows the original outline.
Your “song stuck in the head” analogy perfectly describes why we have to write our ideas down to get them out of our heads. I never know if I’ll make the challenge all the way to December, either, but it helps to have a topic to write about, even if we don’t do all of them. Happy New Year!