Why I like Writing

I used to hate writing. Essay-writing was the task I dreaded, procrastinated, loathed. But that changed when I started taking more writing classes. Writing an essay almost every week forced me to come to terms with this enemy, and in turn I began to hate it less and love it more. Writing has become so much easier, and even pleasant. The words flow out of my fingers so fluidly, and, even when I have trouble conveying my thoughts as words on paper, I am able to write down something, at least. It is so fulfilling to put down accurately exactly what I am thinking or feeling. I have begun to journal more. I’m not sure why, but now that I can write and have experienced how wonderful it is to be able to write down your exact thoughts elegantly, I feel as if I simply must write what I’m thinking. It doesn’t matter if a task is interrupted or if it is at twelve o’clock at night, but when a new thought or feeling comes to me, I am propelled by an outside force to write, write, write. Sometimes, the only way I can sort out my thoughts clearly is if I write them down. Then, I read them to discover what I think. It seems more logical that a person would have to think through something before he writes it down, but many times I do not really know what I think until it is written and I can read it. Writing is almost a journey, a pathway to truth. Having to explain a thought or feeling in a way that is comprehensible forces a person to mull over it, turn the thought in his mind over, and over, and over, until his exact ideas are pinpointed. No matter how hard I think through something, the thought is never truly cemented in my mind until it is translated into inky marks on a sheet of paper. Not only can writing convey an idea, but it can also create an effect, and that is why it is so wonderful. Sometimes I like a soothing effect, using repetition, alliteration, sounds that sound nice. I want my writing to seem dreamy and otherworldly. I want my sentences to sound sweet, leaving readers with the desire to reread them and swish them around in their ears a while, to leave a nice taste in their mouths.