This month’s question is: What is your favourite aspect of being a writer?
There are many things that I enjoy about being a
writer. I’d like to think that all the altruistic stuff like creativity
and love of the craft is what’s more important but if I’m honest, my
favourite aspect is the sense of control I have
over the worlds I create.
I’ve spoken often and quite flippantly
about the fact that I suffer from OCD, but in reality, it’s not that fun
to live with. My triggers often stem from the lack of control over any
situation I’m faced with and the unfairness of
the world at large.
If you know me at all you’ll know that I’m a
huge superhero fan. Part of that has to do with the fact that the hero
more often than not gets the bad guy in the end and justice prevails.
This doesn’t happen in the real world and
sometimes it makes me really angry. At times like these I turn to my
writing to make sense of it all. I have complete control over everything
that happens in my stories and though I often put my characters through
hell, it’s a hell of my own making. So there
you have it, a bit of a messed up answer but an honest one at least.