I don't understand why one should be one thing or the other. Writing, to me, is writing is writing. It should be a flexible tool. Whatever skills I have, have to work for me; I won't be dictated by them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
For me, writing is a job. I do not separate the work from the act of writing like two things that have nothing to do with each other. I arrange words one after another, or one in front of another, to tell a story, to say something that I consider important or useful, or at least important or useful to me.
Writing is how I find out what I believe and what I care most deeply about. It's how I sort through the mess of daily experience and try to make sense of it - by stepping out of it for a while. Writing is how I train a searchlight into the darker corners of my self and the world, as I'm sure I'd never do otherwise.
I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.
A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.
Early on, it's good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what you're writing about is not that relevant.
Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life.
Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills.
Being a writer is not the point. Writing is.
Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.
I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession.
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