text: #Welcome to Roundtable Thursday! Writing is so much fun, but it can also be very challenging. Luckily, there are so many other writers out there going through the exact same things! We all have unique skills and areas in which we excel, as well as places we’d like to improve. Welcome to our new weekly feature. This is a weekly thread to discuss all things writing! And... to get to know your fellow writers a bit! Each week we will provide a topic and/or a few questions to spark discussion. Feel free to chime into the discussion in the comments, talk about your experiences, ask related questions, etc. You do not have to answer all the questions, but try to stay on-topic! *** #This Week’s Roundtable Discussion - **What do you like about writing? And why do you write?** I’ll start us off. My day job involves writing in business-speak, which I find both boring and limiting, as you want to be as succinct as possible without any descriptions or emotions. Writing fiction is an entirely different world from that. You can write about anything you want, be anything you want, and just explore. I find it incredibly freeing. Beyond the escape part, I’ve found that I enjoy the whole process, from imagining to research to creation. I write because it makes me happy, silly as it may sound. *** #Reminders - **Use the comments below to answer the questions and reply to others’ comments.** - **Please be civil in all your responses and discussion.** There are writers of all levels and skills here and we’re all in different places of our writing journey. Uncivil comments/discussion in any form will not be tolerated. - **Please try to stay on-topic.** If you have suggestions for future questions and topics, you can add them to the stickied comment or send them to me via DM or modmail! *** ###Subreddit News and Happenings - Come practice your micro skills on or experiment with long-form writing on - You can also post serials directly to the sub! Check out for more information.