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Why do we write?
Writing that comes from within is just as wonderful for the writer as it is for the reader. Our subconscious holds so many truths and values and most can be unleashed with little or no conscious effort.
Would you write a book even if you didn’t make money?
Some of us love the art of writing regardless of a profit or recognition. I use the word art because what some of us do is an expression and not a task. We write because it is what we love to do. Writing is an expression from deep within and for many it is not mechanical, but creative.
I have written many books, some poetry, hundreds of posts and thousands of emails and I usually can’t wait to get back to my love of writing when some duty or chore takes me away. I was so surprised to find that my first novel was difficult to start but even more difficult to stop. Once I got going, it was downhill all the way. What impressed me most was the fact that I had no plan or idea about what I was going to write and it was very difficult to get started because I was consciously making an effort to write what I thought people might want to read. Little by little I let go and let my subconscious do the work and with each page I became enthralled with the plot, characters, outcomes, relationships and problems solved. I did none of these purposefully, but naturally from deep reserves within my subconscious. All my life I have been studying, reading, taking exams and enjoying conversations, all of which stored data somewhere outside of my conscious person. When I finally learned to let go, this information was put into a story for my pleasure.
I cannot say my work is good, interesting or any other salable suggestive idea. I would say that I enjoyed writing it and more so, reading it after it was written. When I write without effort, there are hundreds of mistakes, but all of these can be corrected. These corrections are not made for me, but for you the reader.
In the very beginning, before my first book was published, I thought I wanted to leave some of myself for my children and friends. That is still true, but during the course of that first book, as it developed, I found that I would rather write a story than watch television or go to a movie. I do both of the latter, but only for relaxation and diversion. My enjoyment comes from writing. I have talked to many authors who have come to the same conclusion. With six million authors contributing to Amazon it is obvious that most of us are not going to be best sellers or even in the top one-hundred, but it is possible for every book to be a success in the mind of the author, and even in the face of competition so fierce that the author does not sell enough books to cover the cost of creating them.
I would encourage anyone with an interest to give writing a try. Let your creative juices take you to a world that can offer so much more than you might believe possible. I have never been happier than I am with this choice. I do what I do without effort, strife or discord as everything seems to fall in place with a purpose.
Give it a try, don’t force it, and don’t coerce others to agree with what you write, just write and let it go, just like I am doing with this piece right now.
Dr Robert E McGinnis: published author for over thirty years
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