Goodreads asked Leo .:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Leo . When I look at say Stephen King I often wonder that if a writer like Stephen never quite had the skills he has to put his imagination into print, would he go mad? I see writing as a kind of venting. Like when we breathe we vent out the used air and the new air is recycled. I see that same scenario in writing. If I could not put my imagination onto paper then all those ideas and words and scenarios stay swirling around in my head with no where to go. It is like I am metaphorically breathing stale air. I am very impatient and impulsive. Some writers compose their work in a more relaxed and methodical way. It can take years to write a book. I myself am a manic writer. My fingers or my tongue cannot keep up with my imagination. I often resemble The Phantom Of The Opera manically tapping away at the keyboard. The difference is he plays wonderful music and I write a lot of gibberish. I often have to read through what I have written and do a manual spell check whereby I have tapped the wrong keys. I sometimes have to try and work out what I have written. LOL! It is the fun of reading back what I have penned and then trying to decipher it. Writing is therapeutic for me.

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