What Makes An Author Tick

The words we write

Everyone writes. Whether they blog or text. Not every word that we write has a story, but some words we write alludes people to come to a certain realization. Whether it is Fictional or Nonfictional writing, the author has a story that wants an audience. It either brings them closer to something or gives them a means to escape. We are what we read, but others see us for what we write.

What makes an author tick? Every author writes either driven by their life story or thanks to what they have read about. Behind all the writings, I found that emotions are always expressed in one way or another. Like many, I found out that I wanted to express something that I had in my mind. While there are few who read a story and find themselves be able to write something I was not like that.

When I was young I remember reading books with my sister at night. The books were fictional, but the words would always draw your attention to them that you could not let go. Do we get new ideas when we read a book? Do we become a character when we read a book? Maybe. What drives us to choose what books we want to study? What drives us to write after we have studied something? These were some questions I had on my mind and struggled with.

My sister and I sometimes passed written notes to each other. We did not write anything amazing but simple things, but conveying feelings and passing my thoughts to my sister who communicated with written notes sometimes was probably what made me enjoy writing. Writing simple things was easy, but what about books, where would one start? I never wanted to write a book, but having different books to read made me