The Walled City

Writing...why?

I love to write. I know thats sounds typical, but, I really do. The idea of putting on paper my original thoughts, creating worlds with their own rules, addressing social and personal issues that affect everyone is fun. I've been writing for about three years. That is dedicated to writing. I've written short stories and essays, I was even published once for an essay I wrote called The Roses, about my dying father and how it seemed that no matter what people did, like handing me roses, the thorns of the times always pierced my flesh. I knew they had good intentions, but, they reminded me of the ultimate destiny of us all, death.

I've written three screenplays so far and the more I write the more comfortable the rules become. I don't think about present tense it just flows.  

Writing is a blast

11:09, 2006-Sep-9 .. Posted by julio

I just finished emailing a reporter who I've been friends with for six years now and I mentioned how I wonder if writers are pre-programmed before entering this dimension, or, does some thing occur while in the third dimension that forces us to become a writer.

My father also recently faced death. He won. He has defeated cancer -- so far. The experience of almost losing my dad has given me a greater enthusiasm to write because when death knocks on our door and says, "hello there, here's the meaning of life," it does some thing to writers.