50 (Plus) Reasons to Write Fic

So, the other day I was talking with an old friend and attempting to explain what I do with myself lately.  She's an avid writer herself, so of course I had to tell her about my discovery of our little writers' community.  I found myself brought up short, however, by an assumption I'm sure everyone here has had to deal with at some point: that the only reason to write fic is because you are lame.

And so I began ranting (in my head) that there are *plenty* of reasons to write fic besides the fact that I am lame.  In fact, I bet that I could come up with 50 different reasons for writing fic . . .

( List behind the cut. )