We get to create our own reality every day...

I think one of the best things about writing is that we get to create.

Every day, with every sentence on every page. We can create a person, a scenario, a place, a life and so much more - from nothing. We can use previous ideas, people we have met, places we have been as inspiration.

We can create people that we would like to be and events we would like to experience. As well we can explore our own demons and fears by giving them to our characters.

We can do in our stories - first, before we try something in real life. We can play out scenarios that we had left unfinished in our own lives to say what we have left unsaid. We can develop a storyline for what we hope to experience in our future.

I think that being able to "get lost" in a story of our own creation allows us to live as many lives as we have the time to create. We may physically only live one life - but if we are careful to hone our craft and do it well, we can live 10, 20 or 30 or more depending on how prolific we are or the type of things we write.

Every day is a new opportunity to create a different reality. I think the question is whether we should just limit ourselves to do this in our writing.