Your Incentive to Write is?
It's weird but I just can't work in my pajamas/dressing gown. I have to get dressed, otherwise I'm not in the correct psychological frame of mind. Even if my day attire consists of tatty old leggings and an ancient T-shirt and fleece.
fulfilling a life long ambition to write - and it is not easy but it is worth while
For me, mainly for the money, although I do try to find time to write the odd Hub for pleasure.
The plan is to earn enough to gradually cut down my hours, allowing me to concentrate on writing books, my ultimate goalWriting is the most elemental part of who I am. I feel the need in my very bones. Always have. My biggest dream is to write a book one day, but more to inspire with my words.
Am at the moment involved in a lot of online projects, including short stories. So, HP is just something I write for on the side. Just another creative out let...
p.s. Am the least interested in the commercial side of HP.. but definitely in readership.thank you....
Never ask someone who writes why he writes. You're at high risk of getting a book in reply!
My motives/incentives for writing are sometimes comparable to my motives/incentives for walking or talking - different, depending on what, when, and how I'm walking or talking (or writing). At the same time, writing is "in a category by itself". Then, too, there's writing "in general", writing online, and writing on HubPages specifically (all different kinds of writing). Also, there may be different incentives for writing different Hubs. We use different kinds of walking and talking for different purposes, and I do the same with writing.
I write because I enjoy it, because it's a way to get a full- or part-time income.
Having something to say or share, hoping to be helpful to a reader somewhere, aiming to provide a little entertaining reading, enjoying putting words together, liking the click of keyboard keys, wanting to vent, hoping to increase understanding of one group of people or another, and trying to change the world are all in mix. So is hoping to leave a "time capsule" (or sorts) for my children, grandchildren, etc,. to one day find. (In other words, to get my ideas, values, and experiences to them "from the grave". I think it's important for "real life" to be in writing for future generations. Besides "history-education value", I want children and theirs to who I was, learn from my experiences, and know that I cared enough to put in the effort to do a whole lot of writing. ) Sometimes, too, I write to try to help someone else know he's not alone, whether he's going through bad things, good things, or anything else.
Challenging myself is sometimes an incentive. Being able to get my mind off some of my own problems is another one. Once in awhile I try write the occasional thing that I hope makes someone laugh a little (or a lot). I also write because I enjoy debating and making arguments. I'm not a creative person, for the most part, but sometimes doing something a little creative (like adding writing to a page with colors and music) is something I apparently need to do. I also write because I type really quickly, so sometimes writing is a heck of lot more effortless than trying to get what I have to say out by talking.
and there is your first chapter boom boom !
- LEWJposted 13 years ago
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