Why Write?

I have been writing stories since I learned my ABC's.  I don't have a choice.  I have so many ideas in my head, sometimes I think my head is going to explode.

I write because I don't have a choice.  I have tried not to write.  Once I decided that I will just be a couch potatoe.  Who wants to write everyday, in a room alone.  I like movies.  I like watching movies..  So I quit writing, put up all my notebooks and pens.

It wasn't even a week before I am looking for a pen and paper.  I was writing on back of receipts, paper bags.

I dragged out my notebooks and pens.  I can not run or ignore the fact that I am a writer, whether I want to be or not.

I know my ideas are good.  I know I can write 5,000- 10,000 words a day if I really want to.

When I was still working, I was so tired, I didn't write much on my days off.  I had stacks of pages written in longhand that I needed to put into the computer.  It was like I was on a treadmill going nowhere.

So I quit my job.  I was tired.  I was bored at work and I just wanted to write.

Now 24 hours a day I can write.  Should be simple enough.  I am writing everyday, but there is enough to keep me distracted.

I have written 10,000 words on my fiction Novel and have spent about 2 hours a day on my non-fiction book.

So why do I write?  I do not have a choice.

I think of it this way.

Think of   Vincent Van Gogh  did not sell many paintings until after his death.  He kept painting because he was an artist.

I write because I am a writer.

Why do you write?