I've been questioning myself about this for quite a while now and the answer is simple, I LOVE WORDS.

To tell you the truth, I think of myself more as a reader than a writer, don't you just love it when you read a book and say, "oh, this book is like written for me!".

See, that's the difference between writing and reading.. Writing for me is my way of imparting my thoughts and opinions. Sharing what I learned and showing a part of myself to people. Relating to people. Everytime someone comments that what I wrote was relatable to them and has somehow made an impact to them makes me feel good about it. Someone finally, understands and that I'm not the only one going through this emotion.

I kept writing simply because that's how I express myself and a part of me wants to be one of those who makes a Change through words. INSPIRE them like how my favorite authors have inspired me.

I kept writing because I believe in the power of words.

I think that what got me writing in the first place is very different from why I keep writing now, though in some aspects the reasons share a commonality. . .

At first I saw it as a way to seek approval from my teachers and parents.  That worked a little. . .

But over time it became a love of creation.  I can sit down before a computer screen and create entire universes, with galaxies and solar systems and planets in it.  And on those planets (and sometimes in the dark reaches between planets) I can create all new fauna and flora, new peoples, with their own unique culture based upon geological events, physiological oddities based upon an evolution that I guided with my own hand.  I can create great events throughout a history that I can manipulate, or let small, ordinary lives grow organically toward an outcome that I, as the god of this universe, want to happen.  All of this, so that I may share the wonder of my creation with others, and show them that "it was good."