Your purpose for writing?

[Motsu]

Imagine writing a story that you always dream of in your sleep. Like for example, a bunch of girls loves you and does a lot of things for you or being able to talk to just every single person out there. Just imagine-I swear, that's depressing af. It's like writing your career that doesn't exist.

To those interested in my purpose, here I tell: I am writing to entertain everyone including myself. Without entertainment, you see. No one would ever read my stories, or so I assume.

 

[Businesssn]

Pretty much to write the shit that isn’t being served.

and to get better at writing

 

[LotsChrono]

Imagine writing a story that you always dream of in your sleep. Like for example, a bunch of girls loves you and does a lot of things for you or being able to talk to just every single person out there. Just imagine-I swear, that's depressing af. It's like writing your career that doesn't exist.

That’s only if your goal is making yourself the protagonist of a fiction. As much as many wish-fulfillment stories exist, there exists stories that are at an opposite end. Merely there to tell a story and nothing more.

I mean, most of my main characters aren’t even the same gender as me. I can’t get wish fulfillment out of them.

 

[EternalSunset0]

I mostly write to meet new friends. I think I talked about this a few weeks back on another thread but I'm socially awkward irl. I keep to myself a lot. I don't think I'm a snob or an unpleasant person per se, and I do consider myself decently nice and helpful at times, but I typically am that too-serious too-stiff geek who you'll probably find playing a video game alone in the corner of the classroom type.

I know it has a lot to do with my weebness (just look at my post history and see how probably over 80% of my comments get related to anime or something similar as an aside) but I have no intentions of changing that. So I just look at my stories as an avenue to filter out people who would want nothing to do with me and find people who would be interested with the things that I can bring to the table. At least this way, for those who engage with what I write, I know that we can kick a friendship off in a good way immediately.

As an aside, I can't relate to the self-insert thing, despite a lot of my favorite shows being criticized as self-insert wish fulfillment shows (a lot of the magic battle academy stuff in the early 2010s, SAO, Mahouka, etc.) I guess it's just me being distant and detached, even to a show's characters... except when I'm looking at lewd art of them or saving waifu pictures lol.

 

[NotYourTypicalMan]

your writing career don't even exists to begin with if you procrastinate all day.

 

[Motsu]

That’s only if your goal is making yourself the protagonist of a fiction. As much as many wish-fulfillment stories exist, there exists stories that are at an opposite end. Merely there to tell a story and nothing more.

I mean, most of my main characters aren’t even the same gender as me. I can’t get wish fulfillment out of them.

What are you talking about? Even boys want to be girls or the opposite. Sometimes, their desire is shown in the story even if the readers wouldn't be able to read it or find it. A story is served to tell a story, that's true. However, a story can't be served without any great emotions inside of it and experiences we had. Things like the childhood days are one of the things we usually present in our story.

your writing career don't even exists to begin with if you procrastinate all day.

Correction: Your writing career doesn't exist when you don't have a Bachelor's Degree in English.

 

[Businesssn]

That’s only if your goal is making yourself the protagonist of a fiction. As much as many wish-fulfillment stories exist, there exists stories that are at an opposite end. Merely there to tell a story and nothing more.

I mean, most of my main characters aren’t even the same gender as me. I can’t get wish fulfillment out of them.

Same my fantasy of eating foods of anotherworld can never be fulfilled because m6 mc is a brick

 

[BackWoodsJ_ACK]

To improve my storytelling abilities

 

[bananapink]

I want to tell a good story (the same as I want to read a good one) based on the things I've learned and observed.
Heck, if I insert my fantasy on them it'd be cringy.

 

[Deleted member 29316]

I write because I wanted to tell a story, not to fulfill my dead dreams.

 

[CupcakeNinja]

Imagine writing a story that you always dream of in your sleep. Like for example, a bunch of girls loves you and does a lot of things for you or being able to talk to just every single person out there. Just imagine-I swear, that's depressing af. It's like writing your career that doesn't exist.

Maybe not for you, but thats my life right there. I mean thankfully not anymore since covid. But before? Constantly had to talk to people and i was wasting money on women i didnt really like anymore and doing things i didnt wanna do.

Now? Bruh i aint doin JACK SHIT. Except what i want. Invite me to a party? Sorry mate im reportin your ass to the police. Wanna make me watch your shitty kids? Cough...cough....had a relapse, my apologies.

Aw yeah dog. Easy living now. Games, porn, doritos, weed...its like college all over again except im not make desperate crunches for completing assignments this time. Its new game plus for me

 

[HappyVainGlory]

<-Name

 

[BenJepheneT]

Is fun, is free, is makes I feels gud

 

[ArcadiaBlade]

I can't write wish-fufillment novels since the more I write about them, the sadder I get. While some characters had the same resemblance as me, I can't properly write something happy about them. Look at my old novel 'My Crazy Little Sister' and tell me that it is a wish fufillment. Do i really want a yandere after my ass? Not only do I not want my life in a cage, I'm sure as hell ain't into incest.

I basically write because I'm bored and nothing much to do after playing games and whatnot. I mostly spend my time sleeping and when i'm awake, just play games and more sleep(sometimes work if i have something to do). Writing is just to pass time while being bored and if it overstresses me out, I just quit since it isn't something worth other than having chances on making profit but seeing as I don't gain any money as of it now, I just write it off in boredom.

 

[RepresentingCaution]

I'm here to make the world a more accepting place.

 

[Deleted member 45782]

I'm here to make the world a more accepting place.

True. i wanna do that too someday.

 

[gaylolis]

i kinda want to share some ideas out.

but mostly since i got inspired from my favorite novels and want to write my own take on it. it's kinda refreshing to approach things in my own angle.

for example: why the main character always take so much resources to cultivate? what if my main character will use less resources to be strong? \ rather than consuming lots of pills, they need to comprehend a certain Dao. in that way, it's refreshing if they don't need to compete with anyone, and just live at their own pace.

 

[Deleted member 45782]

Imagine writing a story that you always dream of in your sleep.

Actually about that...yeah they make couple good story scenes. While, they are not some fantasy where a bunch of girls love you/being able to talk to everyone out there...the dreams and what-if-scenarios i have make some good short stories and good scenes. It would be sad to let some scenes that can be really good for something go to waste...

To those interested in my purpose, here I tell: I am writing to entertain everyone including myself. Without entertainment, you see. No one would ever read my stories, or so I assume.

Nice.

I write because:
1. I want to get better at writing.
2. I need to dump those stories stuck in my head somewhere so they don't take up space. Crumpled paper balls are like asteroids in my mind space.
3. I want to write stories since I discovered on Mirakee I like writing stories more than writing poems.
4. I want to write stories with influence from some myths and cultures that aren't really known mainstream, or if it is, there's a very narrow view of it.
5. I want to write stories because I want to develop characters that are real or believable. Something that you can relate to in a story. And sometimes change or put a different perspective of what is normally maybe a touchy subject.

 

[DubstheDuke]

Yeah I guess I write because I truly enjoy writing.

Not just writing though. The entire aspect of creating a world, a cast, a plot, and a story. Weaving all these intricate little elements together is something that honestly brings me so much enjoyment, and it's unlike anything I've ever done in my life before.

I don't feel like my story is good by objective standards at all. But sometimes I look at what I produced with my jaw dropped and my eyes wide, thinking, "Was I the one who wrote that!?"

Sometimes I find myself shivering as I craft a plot because of how interesting I find it to be, especially as all the little details fall perfectly into place like a puzzle. There are an infinite number of possibilities for a story, however there are just as many which are completely horrid mess. It's the concept of taking things and putting them together so that they're no longer meaningless that makes a story.

 

[dvelasquez]

Relief. Oh, so sweet relief, keeping my mind tired in other things. And to improve (actually learn how to xD) write, and improve my English too. Mostly those.