Who Am I and Why do I write

This was a challenge for a local writer's group. So thought I'd share it here also

Who am I and why do I write? I want to show the world through my eyes, my heart, and my mind. The love that I have for animals, the ache that I feel for the silent sufferers around the world, from the dogs beaten in China to the bears, tigers, rhinos, elephants and apes (to name a few) being poached for their body parts.

I want to share my dreams with the world, the adventures that I experience from dusk to dawn when I close my eyes or the silly thoughts that play themselves out in my mind when I envision an alternate scene to the one that my eyes have just witnessed.

I write to clear the thoughts of my mind and to empty the well of tears that fill my heart to overflowing every time I’m in turmoil over something in my life, whether it be the loss of a much loved furbaby or the intense dramas that play out around me amongst both friends and enemies.

Why I write? Because ink looks best on paper and the flow of the pen as it caresses the page with its delicate ballet creates a soothing feeling to the bearer who touches both, with his hand and his mind. The stroke of the fingers as they touch the keys to the tap tap tapping of a tune bearing the creation of a new life borne to the mind of a reader, as a witness to the birth of a story laid before their eyes.

Who am I?  I’m the bearer of the imaginative stored within my mind waiting to be released when the time is right and why do I write?  I write because I can.

Author's Note

For those who want to know more about me, this is basically it. :)

Al critiques welcome, happy to improve anything that needs improving :)

Reviews

[L. J. Devereaux]

This is short and simple. To the point, and yet it's so revealing. There is a lot of you contained in this piece, and that is exactly the point. As a fellow writer, I think pieces like this are very important. Not only for us as readers, but for you as well. Sometimes, at least for myself, I learn things about myself that I didn't know until I penned them. Funny how that works isn't it?

In fact, I think I may do something similar for myself. Of all the writing prompts out there, I feel I've missed the most basic. Why do I write? At the core, I think you've hit the nail on the head for all of us: because we can. Thanks for sharing this!

[TigerSpirit]

Thanks so much :)

Yes, I wrote this from the heart.

[Caleb Carpe Diem R]

"I'm the bearer of the imaginative stored within my mind waiting to be released when the time is right..."

I absolutely love this description of yourself!

Share your dreams and adventures with the world, I'm excited to follow your works of art and expression!

:-)

[TigerSpirit]

Thanks so much :)