Each of us have different reasons that we put pen to paper or finger to keyboard. I write because It is the best way I have of expressing that one true story that lives deep in my bones. I tried everything else first. I tried to be an artist, but even my stick figures were unrecognizable. I tried singing with limited success, and I even thought that sports would be an excellent instrument through which to share my story. None of those have the resonance of writing and nothing in writing is as powerful as writing fiction.
I write to tell stories about the connection between thinking beings. I believe that a side effect of any society is that it creates barriers between people. Romeo and Juliet–heck even Twilight exist because of those barriers imposed on us. The same can be said of any story. Django is about the separation of people based on the qualities they are born with. The Great Gatsby, City of Bones, Divergent, and the Hunger Games are all identical in that respect. I suppose I write to illuminate those barriers in hopes that by recognizing those barriers, even metaphorically, we can make progress towards defeating them.