The Book that Inspired Me to Write

My love of writing grew out of my life for stories. I thought there was nothing more enjoyable than getting lost between the pages of a book until I started writing. Writing is a way to fight my demons and to express myself. There is no other way to get deeper into a story than to create one myself. Books often leave me with questions: what will happen next? If I write my own story, I will know everything, even though not all of it would end up in a book. Because books lay at the origin of writing, I decided to talk about the books that inspired me to become a writer. The video wherein Kate Mosse talks about the book that made her a writer, gave me the idea for this blog.

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I could not have picked a better day to post this blog, beside perhaps July 31^st. Today, September 1^st is the day when everyone who got their letter goes (back) to Hogwarts. Yes, I am talking about Harry Potter. These series are the first I loved and read over and over again and they never got boring. I was so impressed by the story and the world in which it was set that I wished I could live in those books, even though it was a very dark place for most of the time. 

Every time I read those books, and I have done so many times, I discovered something new. Perhaps just a tiny little detailed I hadn’t noticed before, but it makes the experience amazing. The story is very complex without being difficult and the writing is absolutely fantastic. J.K Rowling has amazing characters. While they were fictional characters, I had the feeling they could just tumble out of the book and become real. Growing up with Harry and his friends was truly a privileged experience. Sometimes I want to turn back the time and do it all over again. 

While Rowling is a great writer, it is not her writing directly that inspired me to write. What the books have managed to achieve is what inspires me. Harry Potter has brought so many people together and taught a generation to read. That is a very impressive accomplishment. I do not aim that high, especially since I am not writing children’s or young adult books. I don’t want to become the next Rowling (I think that it is impossible) I hope to achieve the same things her books have achieved on a much smaller scale. I want to inspire people with my writing and hope they enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. And maybe I can even manage to bring people together and let them talk about my writing… That would make me very, very happy. And in order to do that, my writing has to be good and if possible, even great. 

I am always looking for great, inspiration books to read so there for I want to ask you which book inspired you to write or which book holds a very special place  in your heart and why?