Why I Write - AP Comp

Obviously I write to get my point across. It's also pretty useful to know how to write.

I also write to express my emotions. Like right now. I'm angry. Super duper angry. And as I'm sitting at my computer banging on the keys and writing super fast, I am relieving my stress and anger and tension in a beautiful and artistic form. How's that for convenient?

My first experience with writing was poetry. I think that happened when I was like 9 or 10. Sure, I wrote some stuff for school before then, but it was required so that doesn't really count. Sometimes I would start my poem off with an idea but I would never finish it. That happened a lot, actually. Sometimes I would write poems for a purpose. I remember when I was like 11 or 12, I wrote a poem to my parents for their anniversary. I remember that most of the poem was comprised of the different courses of the meal that they had that night. Lame, right? But I wrote it because I knew it would have emotional significance to my parents.

I also write because I think it's a beautiful thing to do. I like to write songs a lot because they can rhyme and, when put to music, convey a deep message. In my songs I usually write about kinda dreary things: not belonging, not being self-confident, and the like. I write like that because I love things that are beautiful and melancholy. And it's fun to come up with characters that have been in that place.

So why do I write? I write because it is the easiest way to express yourself and express what you're thinking to others.

There's a tidbit for ya.