Why I write.

When I was a child I liked to write letters to my friends. I had a lot of pen pals. Also, I had no problems with essays during my grade school years. I did not needed much time to create an essay, or a journal, or something else for my writing class. The older I become, the more difficult it gets for me to write. Perhaps, I have more problems, needs, or other various things in my life that keep me from being able to focus on writing. Therefore, when I read "The Watcher at the Gates" by Gail Godwin, I saw myself there. In this essay, Godwin illustrates examples of many things that may be ob…