A Writer's Life

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 ...