Why am I doing this? What's the point?

People post about everything. What they’re eating, what they or their friends are doing currently or what’s happening later, random thoughts that pop into their minds, and just about anything they find slightly humorous. People post about everything.

    But that’s not writing. People post pointless, arguably not relevant information that others could have gone their whole lives without perusing and not been affected one bit. Whereas, people write to make people feel something, to spark a reaction, to put forth an idea or a thought. People write about things that are important in the world.

    There are a lot of things to talk about these days, but that doesn’t mean the point of writing is to just write about anything. Writing is about finding who you are. What you have to say is not what everyone else has to say… The point of writing is to tell a story with your insight, the perspective that only you have. The point of writing is to think deeply and to inform, entertain, communicate your insight with your readers. The point of writing is to seek truth.  And it doesn’t matter how you do that…

    Authors and journalists write about controversial, debated, and sometimes sensitive subjects, but their intention is never to offend anyone. They write to just write. They write to create images with their words. They write to influence and to inform and to make people feel. Having an opinion and the ability to express that is a luxury that most take for granted, everyone thinks, feels, and has their own opinion. The difference between everyone and writers is that writers put into words their thoughts, feelings, and opinions and expose themselves intentionally, instead of suppressing these natural emotions.

    Writers submerge themselves in the wonderful success of receiving feedback, negative or positive. Whether someone gave their script five stars, or completely tore their work apart, writers are happy to have connected with someone to the extent that they took time out of their life to critique their works. Whether a reader relates to an article or is completely repulsed by it, writers are content because, regardless of their objections, they read their writing. People write things so people can read them, right? Someone may passionately detest a novel, but they read it! They did their job.

    Expressing someone’s opinion about something they read is expected, and graciously accepted. Writers accept negative (and, of course, positive) comments because they are glorified with the fact that people are talking about what they wrote, and there is no better feeling than that.

    For anyone who has ever been offended, hurt, or upset by one of my articles, (or anyone’s article, for that matter) I apologize immensely, for that was and never will be my motive as a writer. But I do thank you for the publicity.