I know what you mean when you say life's worries just withers when you do something you most undoubtedly enjoy. Your in your own world of imagination.
My dad is trying to encourage me to be a writer, I can say I do have somewhat of an imagination for it, but my grammar and such...neh...not that great.
I started RP'ing in high school I believe. But before RP'ing I would, like yourself, write stories. I have four to five unfinished/lost stories. 300+ pages long. Lol When I think about what I've written, my grammar and such is horrible! But I can never forget where I was going with it. I had so much fun...
So...I starting RP'ing in high school with some people online. Forums such as this. It'd just like making a story! But with others, and the outcome of the story depends on fellow RP'ers/writers. And I think that motivates me more to write, because other people depends on me to post as well. If I do not post, then the RP dies...unless a replacement is found.
Before...I would just join RP's, they'd be fun...last a while...reason it'd die is because we wait for so long on others to post, and we grow bored...
So I create my own. Rules are things that I think would annoy me, as the creator, and others as they will be taking part of my RP.
I never really want to run a RP, because...well I know this might sound stupid, but the mass responsibility you have for it and the members who join it. But I have these ideas, and wondering if it'd be fun to RP that idea with others got me to making RP's. Just to wonder you'll never know till you put it into action. So here it went lol.
I've created about two to three. First one was called 'Destination: Stranded' about werewolves/elves and humans. Second one was, 'Forever Chained' a master and slave RP. And this one. I've been in many. Various RP's. Based on anime RP's such as Fruits Basket. Fighting RP's, School RP's...yeah...
Just hope this RP will go on great, and will motivate others to put there ideas out there to share with others and not mind interacting with others through that RP. Plots may change, but then greater idea's fallow
We are each other's motivation, I think, when it comes to RP's ... yes...