📌 50 Reasons I Write

“Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself…It’s a self-exploratory operation that is endless.” – Harper Lee

Inspired by Grant Faulkner’s “One Hundred Reasons Why I Write,” I decided to make my own list—but felt like 50 was a more Elayne-ish number.

1. I write to amuse myself.

2. I write to entertain others.

3. I write to remember.

4. I write to forget.

5. I write to push.

6. I write to parse.

7. I write to concentrate.

8. I write not to think at all.

9. I write to giggle.

10. I write to sob.

11. I write to atone.

12. I write to celebrate.

13. I write to confront.

14. I write to retreat.

15. I write to reflect on what was.

16. I write to envision would could be.

17. I write for self-fulfillment.

18. I write for a career.

19. I write to cheerlead myself.

20. I write to scare myself.

21. I write to capture.

22. I write to escape.

23. I write to decide.

24. I write to procrastinate.

25. I write to connect.

26. I write to distance.

27. I write for attention.

28. I write for anonymity.

29. I write to paint broad strokes.

30. I write to get into the weeds.

31. I write to remind myself I don't always know.

32. I write to change a mind—most often, mine.

33. I write to pour foundations.

34. I write to knit imaginary daisy chains.

35. I write to feel solid.

36. I write to feel airy.

37. I write to correct.

38. I write to conceal.

39. I write to keep busy.

40. I write to be indolent.

41. I write to comfort.

42. I write to needle.

43. I write to be honest.

44. I write to lie.

45. I write to play.

46. I write to toil.

47. I write to hear the music from a farther room.

48. I write to block out the outside noise.

49. I write to begin.

50. I write to continue.

What are your biggest reasons?

Yours, write away,

Elayne

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