Stuck on What to Write About?

Finding the topic to write about isn’t always a walk in the park. A million things could run through our minds throughout the day and not one thought remains when we sit to write. First off this is completely normal. There’s nothing wrong with you. Second off, this is a great excuse to do two things. A. Go back to bare minimum writing. Beginner writing. B. Use your creativity to think some new format up.

These aren’t easier options. They are just options. I think sometimes as writers we put too much pressure on ourselves to show up. It’s nice to have landing pads like A and B when the pressure is weighing heavy on us. Writing is what makes you a writer so as long as you’re writing, you’re a writer.

I hope you have some amazing writing sessions.

Happy Writing!

Thoughts on Getting Started

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. –Lao Tzu

We all get started in our own way. Sometimes we jump in before we know what’s really going on. Sometimes we over think and complicate things before we even take our first step. And sometimes it’s the perfect timing when we show up and it all just magically fits together. I think that’s just the way it works. After spending time in specific industries, you can learn when to jump but outside of the industry, we are all just trying to figure things out in our own ways.

Of all the ways to get started, the best way is to start. And that’s my great life advice for you today.

Change Perspective One Novel at a Time

“The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.” -Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci knew even before we had therapists established. Humans are full of blind spots and biases. We often can’t see things outside of our own perceptions until someone sits down and explains them to us. Even then there’s a chance we will still stick to our own opinions.

The arts often are the surest way to share new perspectives. They can make you laugh, cry and jump out of your skin. Those are ways to share perspective. When we finish novels and spread them with world, we give the world the opportunity to expand their perspective. Being a writer is something that the world needs.

Search for Meaning

“Life is not about having everything. It’s about finding meaning in everything.” – Joel Randymar

Meaning is everywhere. The sound the vents make when the air kicks on. The way the rug abruptly stops before it turns to black and white tile. The rise and fall of a chest that belongs to someone you love. It is ours to see, to understand, to find meaning in.

We get to find meaning in our own experiences. We get to make things make sense in our way even if no one understands them. This is our life to make sense of. The trick in finding meaning is to keep searching. Staying curious about the unknown is what helps us bridge it all with what we know.

This is exactly what made me fall in love with writing, my curiosity.

Understanding Responsibility from an Existential Perspective

Looking at Jean-Paul Sartre’s Bad Faith and applying it to ourselves.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. –George Bernard Shaw

What if we were fully accountable for ourselves in this world, good and bad?

We are raised to think that we don’t have the capacity for handling life as mere humans. People are taught that it’s impossible for humans to bear the idea of being fully responsible for themselves. According to existentialism, phrases similar to “only God can change me,” would be considered an aspect of Bad Faith coined by John-Paul Sartre. He believed that humans are not finished beings, they are capable of…Read More…

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