Why are you telling your story? Do you even know?

[Georgia McBride]

Been thinking a lot about this lately and then here comes this great post by agent Scott Eagan on the exact same subject.I see so many stories just thrown together from supposed inspiration with no real theme or reason. When I ask the writer what the point of the story is or the reason for writing it, they simply have no idea. What do you think?

[Dawn Embers]

That is a good question. A basic answer for me is simply, because I want to. I could do the whole "the characters speak to me and insist I tell their story" but eh, I will just admit it. I am writing the novels because they are the ones I want to write (publishable or not). That is the reason for writing them, at least. Now the point of the stories is a different question. I'd like to think my stories aren't thrown together just for the sake of it, but then again it's hard to judge my own work.

[KaSonndra Leigh]

Love this question Georgia. My answer is both simple and complicated. I wrote my story because my sons told me to. Or...to be more precise. They told me to write something for boys because "the girls got all the good books, and there isn't any room left on the shelves for boy books." LOLOL

KayLeigh

[C. Lee McKenzie]

Excellent reason, KaSonndra.

KaSonndra Leigh said:

Love this question Georgia. My answer is both simple and complicated. I wrote my story because my sons told me to. Or...to be more precise. They told me to write something for boys because "the girls got all the good books, and there isn't any room left on the shelves for boy books." LOLOL

KayLeigh

[C. Lee McKenzie]

I wrote my first book because I had to. When I read about kids cutting themselves because that was the only way they could "feel" something I couldn't shake that image until I got something down on paper.

[Samantha Bagood]

Great question. Each of my stories has its own reason. Sometimes, I don't know the reason until after I've written it.

The story I'm telling now is the one I've been wanting to tell since I was in elementary school and in love with Sailor Moon. It's not a rip off, don't worry, haha. But I do want it to have the same effect. Naoko Takeuchi's manga impressed something, well, beautiful on me. Add in a couple more stories that affected me in the same way, and I have a whole lot to be grateful for.

I'm writing because I hope to inspire at least one person in the same way these stories have told me. I may not achieve it now but, you know, one day, I'll have a thank you gift.

[Darby Karchut]

I wrote my book because I've been fascinated the father/son relationship as well as its cousin, the hero/mentor relationship. That most fundamental of human relationships is a powerful source of drama and humor and transcends all cultures and genders.

Wow - all that before my first cup of coffee! :-)

[Laura Robinett]

Because I'm a story teller. It's mostly for me and for those that want to read it.

[Kenya Anderson]

I write because it's a way for me to get my dreams down on paper. It's how I express a thought that suddenly comes to me. I don't want to lose the thought, so I just start writing. And that eventually turns into a story. But sometimes, I'm inspired by the people in my life, and myself. I take their personalities, and characteristics and make them part of what I'm writing. 

[Chanteé Hale]

I'm a great moralizer, but I've tried to get farther away from that because I don't think it sits well with writing, unless it's like Mary Poppins medicine - with a spoon full of sugar. Terry Pratchett is amazing at that - saying something with a point or a moral while covering it with a good story - but ultimately I think any good story will evoke some sort of feeling in the reader and that can be all the reason it needs.

[Michelle Clark]

Originally, I dreamed this story, but it had a theme that I already had adopted as one of my own, and that is people who look different are often treated as lesser based simply on their appearance. I've always been drawn to the people that aren't society's ideal, and I've found myself entranced with people who are quirky or just plain odd.

Like Chanteé, I do write comedy on purpose, though. I've never liked to read books that were so sad or depressing that it felt like you were being hit over the head with the moral of the story. When I was in school, I asked more than one honors English teacher why we couldn't read at least one book with a happy ending. I think comedy is often underappreciated in making a point that doesn't feel like it's going to tear you apart inside.

[Sydnie Chambers]

I have a simple answer. Because it's what i love to do! I love to write, but i dont always finish my stories. Somehow i always end up straying from my stories because a new idea entered my head. And this new idea is Shinier and newer than the old one...somehow i always stray. heehee, theres only one thing i actually complete and thats my poetry on occasion. I hope this was a good enough answer :D

[legacydevineluv]

I guess I have a lot of points to why I write what I write. One point is that cause I think teens will like what I've put together in my WIP. I think they'll like the magic I've added it's a water book that's all I'll say. I'm writing my works in progress the way I am because I think it's a story that needs to be told that I've never seen told before and it's mine to tell.I'm writing it cause my imagination voice in my head is telling me too. My gut is telling me to. The theme of my WIP is love,frendship,confidence,and magic.xoxo