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I write to communicate. I feel as though I have something to say and I get a buzz out of the idea of someone reading something I have written. In "On Writing" King says it's the closest thing to telepathy we have. There's no other form of entertainment where you get inside another person's mind so completely - the mind of the author. Books have a personality. It's like you actually get to know the author when you're reading. This is one reason why author mug-shots always put me off. No matter what the author looks like, it isn't the person I've spent hours with.
Of course, I like having written more than actually writing (and that's another famous quote). I love reading stuff I wrote weeks, months or even years ago and experiencing it. I always see the flaws - and that's good, but I have sometimes laughed and, perhaps less often, cried.
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