Writing wasn't necessarily my thing until about a year ago. I never really delved deep into my thoughts; however, I've always been fascinated with the immense power words can have. The way some flow so easily together, and the way some pinpoint a section of your heart that you keep guarded is earth-bounding. So, once I started trading my thoughts for stories I began to develop an underlying passion for storytelling.

I think, for me, writing is a way to express the voice in my head begging to be heard. I have this ardent desire to not change the world, but to change one person. If I can do that I have already changed a whole world, and that's enough for me. I want my words to mean something to other people, but more importantly to myself. I write because often times I need to speak something and don't know how, or I never understand my genuine feelings until they are written down on paper.

I write because I am able to transform my opinions, my views, and my ideas into a fictional world filled with raw emotion. When I create new characters or new plots the sort of loneliness I tend to feel fades. It sounds strange and unusual, but that's how most of us feel, whether we admit it or not, I think. I take the words I pull from my thoughts and I create something poetic and riveting and maybe even cathartic.

It's still foreign to me to explore all of the personality traits that I do not have. It's exciting and soul-growing to develop a story and a character that can have the strength I don't always have. I get to base them off the person I so wish I could be in times where I have lost myself. Getting to be more than one person, and understanding how many different ways the world works is inspiring and defining.

The rush I get when I connect all the dots of a storyline or plot is something I inevitably long for every second. I get to choose what to say and when I say it, and knowing that there are people listening makes me raise my voice even louder. I seek the truth and it's easy to find the truth in people and their own unique circumstances. So, I speak through my creations. My worlds. I'm a titan.

I find an interest in all types of writing: poetry, short stories, novels, and screenwriting. The way they are all so differently formatted makes it seem so pure when I write each one. Screenwriting, in particular, is my absolute favorite. I get a high from seeing the development from the script to a camera. I'm also keen on novel writing, because the black and white font leaves room for your own unique imagination.

I write because it makes me believe in hope, love, sanity, beauty, and trust.

"The best stories are often true…The narrative of human life is most beautiful when told truthfully and without boundaries." -Shonda Rhimes