Writing is creation.
Writing is communication.
Writing is art.
Writing is magic.
Writing is fantasy.
Writing is “not a real job.”
Writing is a hobby.
Writing is a habit.
Writing is a frenzy.
Writing is a way of life.
Writing is so a real fucking job… I think.
Writing is staring at a blank page.
Writing is staring at a blank page because I don’t know how to translate the image in my head to paper.
Writing is staring at a blank page because some asshole said I’m not good enough.
Writing is putting pen to paper anyway because who gives a fuck about what some condescending nobody in Killeen, Texas who reads F. Scott Fitzgerald thinks (Zelda was the better writer anyway).
Writing is escape from the mind.
Writing is what I do when the voices in my head get too loud.
Writing is creation, and “Creation is an act of sheer will.”*