What Drives You to Keep Writing?

The writer's motivation.

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I’ll try not to step all over your pride - or mine - with this question.

But that’s probably impossible.

Because the question, “What drives you to keep writing?” confronts our deepest motives and intentions.

For me, I think part of the driving motivation behind my writing is the asthma attack I had around age 10 that almost killed me. Knowing how fragile life is and how short our time is motivates me to try to say things worth saying while I can.

But maybe that’s the motivation I want myself to believe. Perhaps it’s simply because I like the attention.

Have you ever stopped to consider the driving force behind your writing?

I’d be interested to hear what you think.