WHAT DOES WRITING DO FOR YOU?

For me writing is therapy. It also helps me organize my thoughts and sort out my emotions and feelings. It lets me "think out loud" so to speak.

Writing for me is many things. It's a way to cope with some of life's harsh troubles. A way to dream of betters things. A way to reflect on mistakes. A way to discard regrets and accept them as they are. A way to remember that I am human and I am not perfect even though I strive to be. It's a way to remember most of all and mark down my own mortality much like all those heroes of the past tried to achieve immortality by having theirs marked down by doing great things.

For me writing is great because it informs people. On a personal level I think, writing clarifies the "self". You get to know yourself better when you write ... my opinion ...

As a writer of mostly fiction its sometimes an outlet, a way to change my world to what I wish it would be. And when I'm writing on a personal level, it helps me vent and get perspective on any given situation. I can go long stretches of time without writing, and then write almost non stop for days.

Writing provides a chance to SHARE something with others. Whether a quick update on Twitter, a thought on Facebook, a HubPage here in reply to a question or an article posted on any of my numerous blogs, it all involves some form of SHARING.

I like to share because it brings value to others. I don't always get any thanks for the efforts made, but when people notice it does bring great joy to have changed the day for at least one person in some little way. :-)

I used to say that I write because it is a way to say, feel, and see without having to worry about it (the words) talking back to me. Lately, though as I have read through my past thoughts and reflections I can't help but feel that the words are "talking" back to me and in many cases my writing has created "ah-ha" moments--a moment of discovery.

It gets the cobwebs of too much thinking out of my head and into black and white print where I can go back and read my thoughts and see if they make sense. If someone else is moved or informed by my writing, so much the better.

I am constantly bombarded with impressions and wandering thoughts. Sometimes I think my ideas are strange or stupid and sometimes I think they have merit.

I believe that reading and writing are divine gifts. No other animal compares to our abilities. We are blessed so we should practice these gifts.

Writing is for me a release of energy, I experience extreme joy when I see people being moved by something I have written, knowing that I have effected their lives even in a small way.

Writing lets me see myself from the outside, maybe how others see me. That can be a good thing. It also gives me something to do when I get bouts of insomnia, then I just start writing down all of the thoughts and memories that come into my head. That can be a bad thing.

Writing for me as well is therapy and a way to be a positive inspiration to others.

writing allows me to express some emotion, something that I feel or see, or hear; and turn it into words. it helps me to put my thoughts in to order. it gives me memory of things that have happened in my life; a journal or diary etc. it allows me to write dreams, visions,

hopes, onto a page. it allows me to be creative. i have found it to be therapeutic in whatever form it is written in. it allows me to sing songs

written by me. there is so much that writing does. You have asked a very good question. It causes me to think about writing in more than just words.