Why Write?
As long as people have been around stories and tales have been passed down from generation to generation. Stories that range from family history to tales that engage children’s imagination. We learn most of our history through the written word. The art of writing and storytelling is the way that we learn and we remember.
If you as a writer ever question what the importance of writing your story is or why we write, we write to engage others. We write to put our thoughts onto paper. We write to ensure that others know important stories that need to be passed on.
When you put your work into the world, someone, somewhere will connect to it. How can your writing engage or help someone?
Connection: How can we as readers not feel connected to writers when we are truly reading their thoughts. This person took their time to place their beliefs and thoughts onto paper to share with us. We all share experiences similar to one another in some way and it's peace of mind to know someone out there understands.
Hope: When you can write something that resonates with another person so much that they can know exactly what you meant, what you dealt with, or how you feel, that is a powerful thing. Imagine a writer who had gone through a journey to battle and beat cancer. Many people on some level we're dealing specifically with this at some point in their life and would find a story like this inspiring and even give them hope.
Information: Many people without even knowing it are experts in something. Just take a quick look at YouTube and you'll see hundreds of how-to videos for everyday people to use. If they could take the time to place this information in a way that others could learn from it too, how helpful could this be?
Writing is the best way to connect with someone and one of the bravest things you can do to put your thoughts out there. What you write is important, this is why you should keep doing it.