Why write?

In some parts of the world a writer is considered a failed conversationalist. I might fit into that grouping at times. Is all writing original? We hope so, at least we try to be. A good writer is not a single person trying to express himself. He is a whole lot of people trying to be that one person who is the writer. This takes a measure of courage, the courage that feels like taking your clothes off in public. That is what good writing feels like for the writer. In our generation we have writers and typists. I'm honestly trying to write. In doing so, I quote others to better express my own self. Ernest Hemingway said that "the best gift a writer can have is a shockproof built-in bullshit detector." Every great writer has to have one of these.

Wish me luck.