Creative writing is the thing that makes me most happy, and so I keep returning to it. I do want to make money and I do want a response from an audience, but even without either of those things, I still enjoy the act of sitting down with my thoughts and putting them into words. Creative writing calms me. Instead of being forced into a series of Outlook-designated time blocks of predetermined tasks, I let my thoughts surface as they are and reflect on them. Instead of running from task to task and meeting to meeting, I immerse myself in a world that moves no faster than my own thoughts. When I’m writing, I exist in a world in which ideas, emotions and images are the most solid things present. A world in which I am able to balance logic and feeling in a delightfully entertaining interplay. It feeds my mind and my soul. It offers respite from the maddening world. It is my happy place. And I don’t do nearly enough of it.
L.A. Kuemmel 