Timothy A. Bautista                                                 MAT – English

Prof. Janice M. Lozada                                                       Creative Writing

1.    Why do you write?

I write for pleasure. Everytime, I have a leisure time, I write poems and short stories. It keeps me a sense of belonging to the intellect simply because I believe most of the people don’t want to write and it’s only those who are incline can do so.

When I was in high school, I already fund of writing poems and short stories in Filipino. It was just recently that I begun writing in English. Whenever I write, it made me thinks of the famous writers and dream that someday I would be like them and be awarded for my award – winning piece.

I write, most importantly for self – expression. Sometimes those inner feelings that I have which I cannot say to somebody are put into writings. It helps to release my emotions like love, anger, joy and peace.

2.    What motivates you to write?  
                     Writing would be different especially if you don’t have any idea for what you are writing. Sometimes the language can be a factor that hinders somebody to write. Good writing needs to adhere with good diction that is by employing figurative languages like figures of speech and idioms. The medium as to whether you will use first or second language can also affect writing.

Motivation in writing comes from within. It comes from our inner intention to write. Interest is a factor and I think the best way to write is when it is free – writing. If it is free, the easier we can construct our ideas and put that into writing. We need not to worry about the norms and standard required to write. For example in writing poems, the more the standards or rules like it should be at least 4 stanzas, has end rhyme, must have 12 syllables in each line etc., the more it is harder to create a poem. This is based from my experience in teaching writing with my students. They are motivated to write if it is free – writing. Similarly, when I am inspired, it results to good writing. When reading Shakespeare’s work and other famous writers, I am move to write as well. When I want to thank somebody for their good work and when I’m in love, I write.

3.    Why writing fiction in particular?

I can move a mountain, I can make rain, I can destroy the evil, and I can do everything through writing.

            Writing fiction is more difficult to do than writing non – fiction. It needs a special and creative language to produce a fine fiction         . It is more of a dreamscape, a writer’s imaginative perspective. When we write fiction, the first thing that is enhanced is our imagination. Our capacity to thinks beyond what others can see is one advantage. Second, it helps us to become creative. As what I’ve mentioned earlier writing fiction employs different devices. Such devices must be properly used and if you succeed, you are already a creative man. Lastly, it can be a track of what you know already. I mean we cannot write what we don’t know. In other words, writing determines our intellectual capacity.