Being a writer was never an easy experience for me, but it has been more than rewarding.

My goal with writing is to inspire others the way music or other literature has inspired me.

I have always been interested in writing and the way it can move someone.

When I imagined what I would be growing up, I could have come up with a list but no matter what, one thing stayed consistent: I wanted to be a writer. Writing has always been more than something I liked doing. It's more than a passion. I have been writing, even if it didn't make sense, for as long as I can remember.

I started writing more seriously in high school. I would write poetry and start working on fictional stories that I never did finish. But somehow it still attracted people. My friends would tell me that I "had a way with words" and "needed to continue to write." That would make me feel better about how awful I thought whatever I was working on sounded.

But I found my way in writing.

Because I became a writer, I have accomplished so many things.

I have started becoming true to who I am. Writing gave me a way of creating myself or versions of me that helped me understand myself. I have been able to channel my feelings and thoughts and write them in a way that can be processed. Being able to create something based on how I feel or what I was going through made the situation so much better. Writing gave me a way to release all my feelings and make myself feel a million times better.

I hope writing about my situations gives hope to others going through similar situations as well. It is one of the reasons I continue to write about my own feelings, ideas, memories. I am a writer for myself, and writing for myself may be a big reason why I write. But writing for others is why I continue and why I focus so much on creating something worth reading.

I want others to feel something after they have read something I have written. Inspiring others has always been a dream of mine. If I could create something that gives someone a form a strength, then I have done my job correctly.

If I didn't have writing I would be lost. I would be lost because I would have never found my refugee. I wouldn't have channeled my emotions in a way that is helpful to me.

I became a writer because writing is the best thing for me when I don't want to talk to anyone.

I became a writer because it helps find words that cannot be said.

I became a writer for those that don't have a voice.

I became a writer for me when I didn't have a voice.

I became a writer because someone had to.