Writing: I Write Because I Must

The art of writing is as old as history itself, and it has fascinated me for as long as I can remember. It is an indispensable means of communication, and it does so much more than record the annals of man since he first began carving symbols on stone tablets. It represents language, promotes culture, spreads knowledge, and helps us correspond over long distances.

Why Must I Write?

Writing allows us to express ourselves, in ways more beautiful than the spoken word ever could. It presents us with unique opportunities, with power, and with abundant freedom. We can communicate and exchange information, or we can, for a delightful few hours every day, escape our individually morbid realities. For with writing, we can tell stories and create within those stories a world to our own liking, without grief and hardship and misery.

Thus, I write. I write to experience the joy of creation, of a power that is absolute and entirely glorious. I write for the freedom to do as I would, without the restraints of ridiculous society norms and traditions. I write to escape, and live through my characters a life of my own choosing, absent hypocritical judgment and prejudice. Quite simply, I write because I must, for if ever I don’t, I fear I would find it difficult to breathe.

Why Must You Write?

Thoughts and desires poured out in words are often hidden away in personal diaries, never to be shared with another soul. At other times, much as I’m doing right now, they are written out expressly for the purpose of being shared with the world - in the form of blogs, short stories, poetry, or novels. It is these desires that truly define us, even once we are gone, and it is in the writing of these thoughts that each of us truly becomes immortal.

Imagine, if you will, a world without writing - a world where Tolkien, Dickens, and Dostoyevsky had never taken up the pen, where Austen and Woolf had never sat down to write. Think about a world where Dante, Frost, Keats, and Poe had never given words to their thoughts. Consider then, a world where Homer, Plato and Aristotle were forever silent. I, for one, would not want to live in a world so miserably bland.

So, I invite all of you to write as well, to express your thoughts and desires, and to share your stories with the world. Do not get lost to obscurity, but write and shine, to attain immortality and to be remembered forever!

Please, do feel free to comment below and share your motivations for writing, or submit your posts to me as guest bloggers at: umair.mirxa@gmail.com, regardless of what you choose to write about.