Writing, in the simplest of terms, is creating art with your words.

It is the outlet for you to say anything and everything you’ve always been afraid to say out loud. In a way, it can be perceived as an anonymous form of expression, because you can always keep your name hidden.

Or it can be the most passionate form of expression because once you start writing down an idea, or even a quick synopsis of an event, you lose yourself in the moment. And for that span of time, you can create something that you never thought you were capable of.

As most writers would call, the worst part about writing, I think that best part about writing, is that in the end, whatever you decided to write is NEVER the way you planned it to be. As William Faulkner once said, “The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.” In the handful of words that he graciously put together, he is saying that writing will never live up to your expectations, but in the end, you create something that you never knew fit into your standards of perfection.

It’s weird how your brain works in that sense. You can begin with this firm and elaborate idea, but once your mind takes over, it’s really out of your control.I think that’s why I love writing so much, because it’s something that we have so much control over, yet we never are aware of the outcome.

It’s a series of constant changes where you can confidently say what you feel, without the underlying fear of disappointing someone's expectations. Like the saying goes, “never judge a book by its cover,” because that’s setting unwanted expectations, for both the reader and the author. Because by the end of the book, poem, or article, it is nothing like you expected it to be, and most of the time it’s so much better.

Writing is creative freedom, and I think we shouldn't say that statement lightly.