Why Write?

   If there has been one question asked of me about writing more than any other it is, "do you really think you can make money writing?" It saddens me that people have used this fact over and over to discourage me from following a childhood dream of mine to become a well-read author and to make people feel something by using nothing more than the English Language. . The most important question I think that needs to be asked is "will this help your creative output?" Or, "will it make writing enjoyable again?"
        Well, I am at the end of my writing degree, and while I have come to terms with my own inability to pull a bestseller out of myself with little-to-no problems, I have also learned to enjoy writing again. Not because I think others will like it, but because it is a part of me that I have shared with the world. A piece that is deeply ingrained in my psyche that yearns to be woven into a story by my own hands (not to mention I'm dramatic enough to be a writer).
         Writing, to me, is a self-expression tool which allows complete strangers to form a sort of emotional bond with each other through no more than the magic of the written word. It is this marvel that has always compelled me to communicate via the written word (even over talking at times). The magic that happens on the printed page is tangible, and one that can be harnessed and shared if you know how to wield that magic by writing your own story on a previously empty page. So if you are wondering "why write?" my answer to you is "why not?"