The word dump that allows the brain dump.
1.Because I think through typing.
2.AND to clear the words from my head. (Logic is not one of the reasons.)
3.There are people that want to talk about depression and miscarriage and money and sex who need an over sharer in their life. That might as well be me.
4.I want to have a one word answer to “what do you do?” at cocktail parties.
5.A $25 check made out to me is better than a $25 check made out by me.
6.I always wanted to make stuff but I can’t draw and I don’t consider offspring part of the creative process. Except literally.
7.Writing can be both messy and disciplined. I can have a brain dump, or revisit, reorganize, revise and reinvent. Guess which I do more?
8.Even though “new media” has a 30 hour life cycle it also offers immortality. It is both right now and forever.
9.It helps me remember me.
10.Having a dedicated place to be selfish helps me be present for other people the rest of the time. I said helps.
11.Knowing that I have a place to explore the spark of an idea helps me notice the spark. Phrases, challenges, individual moments can live twice. In the exact moment and again when I poke at them like the lump of clay they are.
12.It thickens my skin. The internet may have Captcha filters, but not reader filters. Many of the comments I get are mean. This allows me to reexamine and reframe my ideas, and remember that most emotional responses are from people’s own shit, not whatever shit I might have put out there.
13.I just believe in Putting Out.
What about you? Why do you do what you do?
Hi Anna – yup all of these – well said. I also write because it gives me some sort of structure since leaving the ‘proper’ working world. And it has been my training ground for learning how it all works. Mean comments? Yes – other people’s shite – definitely not yours.
Structure! Literal and literal. See what I did there? Great addition.
Anna, I write to give voice to who I am. The interesting thing I have found in the few months I have been writing my blog, is that I don’t worry about what people think. Writing has given me a freedom I have never experienced before. I like your interpretation of brain/word dump. Once I have the dump, I have so much fun exploring what is there and molding it into a creation that takes on its own being. This is sort of deep, but trust me. If you check out my writing you’ll find it is mostly shallow. 🙂
I’m not so sure it is shallow…I have read your work. I too feel that freedom! Keep on writing.
Writing has so many valuable uses and I love your reasons! #BlogShareLearn
Thank you for reading and for writing.
I started writing after I stopped working – blogging became a way for me to connect with a larger world. Now I can’t seem to get enough of writing and blogging. Writing has helped me discover myself and get so much more confident too.
So agreed with the community building aspect of blogging! Good add on.
I write because I must.
All sound like good reasons to me.