Why Write?

For many novice and professional writers, writing serves as a creative outlet, as well as a potential source of income. For many aspiring authors, the reason for writing is to achieve fame and fortune. But what about achieving immortality? Is that a reason to write?

For me, it is the latter. I, like many writers, view publication as a way to immortalize my words and therefore myself. I never plan on getting rich from anything I publish, but just the thought of having one reader like my work is motivating. I envision a reader purchasing my novel, long after I am dead, and taking it home. She starts to read it the moment she gets home, meaning only to read a chapter or so a night; however, she is so engrossed in my work that she can't put it down! She reads straight through to the end and is baffled by the conclusion. It is 2 a.m. but she has to tell someone about it so she wakes her sister in the next room and tells her about characters and events she has no context of until she is relieved of it. That is an experience I had with a novel so I hope someone else has it with my novel.

Basically, I have a fear of death and a desire to be immortalized. That is why I write.