i am 100% guilty of writing to write! I also think it helps me to know that i have some shitty stories to get me to my good ones. I love sharing the not so great ones too. I don't know why, i just do. haha!
To me it is therapeutic. I can write and leave them in my drafts, but i hardly ever do. I also enjoying writing different types of articles to share. I don't do it out of fear of losing followers if i don't publish, or worry about my stats, they always stay the same. I do it because I love it, and i want to do it. It also helps the juices going for projects i work on off line, the long term writing project! The one that I take the time to perfect and currently writing it in a notebook with a pen. It takes thought, and emotions, and i cant work on it everyday.
This aticle was amazing! i love Alan Watts.
I do feel the same about some short stories just when it gets good, it ends! I am not good at short stories, i am long winded!!