I find working everyday in an office a kind of hell, so perhaps the less well-off lifestyle of a writer is very well suited to some who can manage it.

This debate seems to be a classic 'one size doesn't fit all'.

I do not think that the two need to be mutually exclusive. Why not blog and write a boom at the same time. I was very surprised to see so many sycophants in this section for this person whom I've just discovered 'Penelope trunk', and even more so after reading such a non-academic, illogically reasoned argument. Blogging and writing have worked for you, but imagine if you had received this very same advice when you were first starting out? you would not be the same person person at all. Your last point is just plainly wrong.

I'm one of those for whom writing is a compulsion. I could no more stop writing than I could stop eating. But for years I have beaten myself up for not having the persistence to stick with a topic long enough to finish a book… now maybe I can let go of the idea that I need to strive for that.

Thank you.

Once I finally decided to write a novel which started out as an essay for school but unintentionally became the first words of my fiction novel, I discovered that it is not only hard to write well, but it is "difficult".

I am taught myself how to write well by actually writing. Not too long after, writing became my passion. I even enjoy writing poetry and poems now.

Some people have to ask themselves "Why do I want to write a book?" Unlike many people I know exactly why I want to write a book. I write to ease the pain within myself, both mentally and physically. I write to express my beliefs and ideals.

I write to show others through my characters the experiences I had and what the world has experienced. I want to demonstrate not only what the world should be but what the world is. To show the people who suffer from social interactions, wars, hatred, discrimination, low self esteem, pride, segregation, love, desires, and jealousy that there is but one solution to an ultimate resolution.

I have a reason to live and therefore have a reason to write. Although I wish to give the world a message, more than anything I want to prove to myself that I have indeed learned a lesson instead of just earned tears.

I want to remember the dark hours of my life so I won’t make the same mistakes of the past twice; not to mention thrice: Mistakes we all so blindly made over and over again since the beginning of time and continue to make even as time nears its last breath.

I write to speak my mind and to ask the question: Can we make a difference?
And if we can’t, can I?

Once I finally decided to write a novel which started out as an essay for school but unintentionally became the first words of my unfinished novel, I discovered that it is not only hard to write well, but it is "difficult".

I am taught myself how to write well by actually writing. Not too long after, writing became my passion. I even enjoy poetry and poems now.

Some people have to ask themselves "Why do I want to write a book?" Unlike many people I know exactly why I want to write a book. I write to ease the pain within myself, both mentally and physically. I write to express my beliefs and ideals. I write to show other through my characters the experiences I had and what the world has experienced. To show the people who suffer from social interactions, wars, hatred, discrimination, low self esteem, pride, segregation, love, desires, and jealousy that there is but one solution to dry our tears.

I have a reason to live and therefore have a reason to write. Although I wish to show the world a true lesson, more than anything I want to prove to myself that I have indeed learned a lesson instead of just earned tears.

I want to remember the dark hours so I want make the same mistakes of the past. Mistakes we all so blindly made over and over again since the beginning of time and continue to make even as time nears its last breath.

I write to speak my mind that asks: Can we make a difference? And if we can't can I?