Writing As an Escape

I've never had anything I wanted to escape, and really no need for an outlet. Writing is simply a very enjoyable way of making money.

I just like telling stories. It makes me happy. It's the only thing I do that I can get completely absorbed and lost in. It's the only thing I'll work really hard on. I live in fantasy land anyway, I might as well get a book written out of it. I don't really know how else to define it.

Yeah, I agree with you all. I use it as an escape or a way for me to wind down from a busy day right before I go to bed.

I seem to agree with everyone at once. It has escapist moments, is a need rather than a want, has the promise of income, and is work.

But mostly I just enjoy doing it.

Julie

Writing to me is the exact opposite of escaping, if it's anything, it's about engaging more with the circumstances of my life and working out what the hell is going on.

I like my stories to explore social themes and issues and to simplify some of the more complex patterns of existence. So yeah, its the exact opposite.

I have a fairly mundane job without much intellectual stimulation. Writing more than makes up for this, but I don't see it as an escape. It's an essential part of my life.

But I do hope it will help me escape from my mundane job...

Real life is boring. Writing gets me away from real life. That's why I write fantasy. It is an escape. So is reading fantasy novels. That real world stuff just doesn't interest me, though I should probably get working on that at some point.

It's definitely an escape for me. I can be/do whatever I want, and concentrate on someone else's life and their problems instead of my own. They can do things in their life that I cannot do in mine.

I used to think it was an outlet, but not so much anymore...

It definitely is an escape for me. It's not that I imagine myself in my stories—I go out of my way to not put anyone like me or anyone I'm close to IRL in my stories. I write to get away from everything, including myself.

And writing is so all-absorbing that it's impossible to think about anything other than the project at hand when I'm doing it. It's also a way to do something that actually matters, even if it only matters to another world.

Oddly, my stories aren't "wish-fulfillment" at all. They're seriously dark and fucked up. But that's what makes them so addictive and interesting. Or something. Lol, I have no idea really why I write what I do.

I don't see it as an escape at this point. It's work, work that I enjoy, but work nonetheless. When I wasn't pushing myself so much to finish my WIP, it was more relaxing.

It is absolutely an escape for me. Nearer the end of the day, I am already looking forward to building my world, one word at a time! I forget all my problems, and even the pressing ones all seem insignificant somehow. After all, if I lost everything and somehow ended up in a jail cell with nothing but my mind, I can still write! And my mind would be free.

katci13 said:

I just like telling stories. It makes me happy. It's the only thing I do that I can get completely absorbed and lost in. It's the only thing I'll work really hard on. I live in fantasy land anyway, I might as well get a book written out of it. I don't really know how else to define it.

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Ha, pretty much this for me too.