A lot of people will debate about whether writer’s block truly exists and so on.

I know writer’s block exists. And I’m all about finding ways to solve it.

One of the best ways to get back to something you once loved doing is to remember the reasons you first fell in love with it in the first place.

Inspired by Romancing the Blog, I decided to list 25 Things I Love About Writing:

1. I can do it anywhere. Even if I am, for some strange reason, caught without a pen and notebook, I can still work on writing in my mind.

2. Escapism. I admit it; I love being able to escape life every once in a while to be in a new world.

3. I have an excuse to feed my office supplies addiction.

4. I answer to no one (except my characters) during the first draft. I can do anything I want in my stories, and I don’t have accountability to anyone during my first draft. Basically, I am god in my first draft.

5. My notebook doesn’t care how I look. Pajamas or high heels, I can write in any outfit. I don’t have to wear a uniform to write.

6. Everything is research. Travel. People watching. Book research. Everyday conversations…

7. Planning and organization. In writing and otherwise, I love planning things out, organizing time lines, figuring out the minute details… It’s a wonder I didn’t become a personal assistant.

8. Soul-searching. I think I have discovered more about myself through my writing than any other way. In my journal and even in my novels, I can look back and remember how I viewed the world. I can also compare that to who I am today.Feli

9. Flexible schedule. Not every writer has such flexibility, as the hard schedule is what works for them, but I have a flexible schedule. I love being able to write during a sunny morning or opt for a cool summer night. I also like that emergencies don’t throw my life completely off balance.

10. Entertaining people. Part of me has always and will always just want to make people feel good. While I may make people feel things other than good while they’re reading, but the entertainment factor is still there.

11. The rush of a new idea. There is nothing like the rush of a new idea. It’s all so exciting, it sounds so good in your head, you rush to your pen and paper to write down all the ideas flooding through…

12. Writing longhand. I have taken more to typing out my work because I type a heck of a lot faster than I write, but I do still love the very act of writing something longhand.

13. Bringing experiences and places you love to new people. One of my goals with my contemporary romances in progress is to introduce people to places I love in Australia.

14. Getting to know new characters.

15. Not knowing how the story is going to end. I know authors who say that you should always know the ending before you start, but I often don’t know the ending before I start. Figuring it out is half the fun!

16. Getting my characters into trouble… (because I’m wicked that way)

17. …and managing to get them back out.

18. Writer’s conferences. There is nothing like spending a long weekend with writers at all stages of their careers.

19. Loving what I do. Unfortunately, not everyone has the ability to do what they love for whatever reason. I am forever grateful for the opportunity I have.

20. The writer’s ‘aura’. I’m wicked enough to find it mildly amusing when people respond to me have in curiosity, half in wariness when they learn that I am a writer.

21. Writer’s humor. Because ‘be careful or I’ll put you in my novel’ really is that funny to me.

22. Self-teaching. I think the best things we learn are the things we teach ourselves. When it comes to writing, the learning never stops.

23. It helps me to digest the things that happen in life in my own way.

24. Editing. Yes, I’m one of those weird writers who loves editing. I might love it a little too much, even…

25. That little something… There is something about writing, something I can’t quite describe, that I love about it. It goes beyond words, funnily enough, and I feel its loss when I’m not writing.