So there.

You know why I like writing?

Two reasons:
One, it's really amazing and fun to create a world in your head and bring it to life (and while you're writing about scenes and stuff, it sometimes feels like your really where wherever you're writing about), and two, because, at least with my style of writing, it's fun and challenging. I make up a plotline, I know what needs to happen next, but it's not as if every scene is plotted out and I'm just filling in the boring:

"so and so yawned, bored with writing this book. 'blah blah blah blah.' he said and looked around sullenly, watching the word processing program and listening to the hum of the computer. 'why are you writing this?' he asked, 'it's just boring stuff and it's not fun.' then he yawned again, and continued with his previous train of thought. 'blah blah blah blah'"

It's more like, you know, making things up as you go. Characters and their personalities change sometimes, and while you're writing you're always thinking of the next scene. I guess when you plan everything out it's still kinda like that, but more like you're thinking of the next word. It's hard to explain, but it's really fun and never gets old, juggling the writing and the planning and doing it all in the same instant. And it's also nice to be able to type as fast as you can think, so you don't forget anything.

I, personally, write because of that. Some people write as a job, some as a hobby. I'd say, for me, writing books is a hobby I'd like to someday get some money from. For others, it's a job that's kind of fun sometimes. Or maybe always. I'm not one of those people, so I don't know.

But, still, sometimes I think of the Erins, or any other writing team. For me, I write because writing is fun. But I still wonder, when you're writing because a publisher asked you to, is it even fun?

"...the storyline for a new book includes details of what happens in every single scene, plus some suggestions for dialogue and character development..." -from the warriors forum answers from erin thread

Now, this doesn't sound too bad, to be fair, but I just don't think I'd like writing like that. After poking around on the internet some, I found Tui (one of the Erins)'s website. Man, she's written and co-written a lot of books. I admire people who can write and write and write and write and write thousands and thousands of books quickly, but this quote stood out:

"...Plus if it does well, they might let me write a sequel!"

That does not sound fun. If I like writing it, I'll write a sequel, not if people like or don't like reading it. Some people's writing is more like a job then a hobby or something just for fun. I accept that. I just never, ever want writing to be anything that isn't fun to write.

I would rather my writing for fun and hoping my book gets published, then be writing for a publisher and hoping my book is fun.

Yep. And now you know my opinion on writing. There is no real point to this post other then that. But I'm not deleting or re-writing this post to make more sense. So there.

(note: this might be a case of the pot calling the kettle black, seeing as i'm writing about horses only because my friends like horses... but that seems different. i'm also writing about horses because they sound like cool creatures to write about, and i'm not going to write any more than one, short story if i don't like writing about them. if i do... then i'll write as many books about horses as i damn well please, thank you. there. i justified myself. you are free to continue doing whatever you were doing.)