This question has been running to and fro in my mind these past days. Why do I write? Why do I feel a slight tug in my mind that urges me to take my pen write down stories and poems? Honestly, I don't know. For how many days these questions had been running inside my head, with no chances of being answered.

Other people would say, to share our world with everyone else, or maybe to get feedbacks, or maybe to find someone else that shares the same ideas with me. My friend, there are no right or wrong answers to these. Everyone has their own reasons. Everyone has the right to write, wether they keep it to themselves or share it to the world. Writing is free to everyone. Whatever is your reasons for writing, it is up to you. Remember that writing doesn't have limits. Writing is one of the cheapest things on earth. All you need is your ideas, a pen and a piece of paper.

Yet still I haven't found my reasons. It plagued me so much that I can't hardly compose a single paragraph. But somehow, maybe I had banged my head somewhere else that an answer had popped up in my head. The reason that I write because of myself. It may be weird and ridiculous but yes. I write not because I wanted feedbacks, not because I wanted to be praised, get published or critiqued. I wanted to write simply because I wanted to. I wanted to beat my old self when it comes to writing. I wanted to prove to myself that I can do this. That no matter what future obstacles would come, I will overcome it. I wanted to prove to this old self of mine that nothing is impossible when you believe in yourself.

Critiques, feedbacks and votes contributes a lot for the progress of an aspiring author just like me. Of course, who wouldn't want that, right? Every author dreamed of being published one day. This is also my dream. I wanted to see my name printed in bold letters on the books that I devoted on writing to.

I believe that if you dare to take a step towards your dream, everything will start to fall into its rightful places. Everyone has their own fears. Learn to conquer it. You wouldn't get anywhere if you keep yourself confines in the shadow of your fear. Don't be afraid to be critiqued or get negative feedbacks. You cannot please anyone.  Instead, brace yourself for the coming negative words and in the future, use them to improve your writing skills. Don't hold on to them for so long. Use them as a tool, and eventually you will find that writing is never that fun without negative and positive feedbacks.

So, why do you write?

---Maiah