There is no way I can find to more fully express myself, my thoughts, my feelings, my ideas, my excitements, my loves, my hates. There is no other way I can explore the aspects of humanity that I can't come to terms with--war, murder, hatred, death, evil. I can go anywhere, do anything, see any place, live in another world.

Visual art is still important to me, but honestly, I wish I could spend every day writing. It is a release like no other, and when I get 500 words down, 1000, 1500, it's a sense of accomplishment I don't feel from just a painting or a drawing.

My characters are so much more than just characters to me. They are real people living an experience, and each one is a different facet of myself, a different beauty or ugliness that I need to express.

Even though it's damaging to my social life, and maybe to my mental health to an extent, I need it. I need it like I need air. I want to make a living off my writing someday, and I think I can do it. As long as I never stop.