I was thinking about writing yesterday, but I just didn't feel moved to do it.

I don't know if I'm really a good writer. I can communicate well thorough the written word, but that doesn't necessarily translate into better story-telling. I do know one thing, though. Not matter how good or bad my writing might be, it is worse when I do not feel compelled to do it.

I've got a feeling that it's probably true that most people who write would do it whether they were selling books or not. That is, an author like Stephen King, or any popular writer, would probably have a mountain of unpublished work in his basement if he couldn't get published. He would write anyway. He wouldn't be able not to.

I wish I was a more prolific writer, but I just don't feel compelled to do it on a regular basis. I have written a book that is unpublished, but it took me ten years to do it. I don't have good story ideas very often. However, when I do have an idea, I have to put it down on paper. It's like an itch and I just have to scratch it. There are no two ways about it.