Do Live To Write or Do You Write To Live?
By Susan
@HazySue (39264)
Gouverneur, New York
May 25, 2018 10:18am CST
What a great question. I am one of the Live To Write group. I have to write whether I get paid or not. My ultimate goal is to write.
If I can't write I feel as though there is something missing. Not a day goes by without me putting down a thought, a sentence, a dream or goal.
I am a writer and a dreamer through and through and have been since I first learned to write. It is just something I am compelled to do.
What about you? Are you someone who has to write because of a feeling deep down inside of you or are you someone who writes to be able to obtain a few things that you need?
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7 responses
@porwest (78757)
• United States
25 May 18
I honestly think it is a little bit of both. Take, for example, the fiction I write. There are times when the people in my head seem to be begging to have their story told. I write because it is something I am compelled to do, and I live to do the things I am compelled to do.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
25 May 18
Hello Susan. I write to be able to express what I feel and get my point across. 
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
26 May 18
@HazySue Thank you, Susan. Yes, it is. It can be more inspiring. 
@snowy22315 (171182)
• United States
25 May 18
I don't live to write, but I enjoy it at times.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
25 May 18
I am a writer at heart and have been since I was a child
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@just4him (308637)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 May 18
I'm one of the starving artists crowd. I write to live and live to write. You can have it both ways, though neither will get you much money, hence the starving artist. When I write, I feel like I'm living through my characters, and living to write, I can't wait to find out what they're up to next. Great concept, one I know you can relate to.
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