✨Unlocking Creativity ✨
The thing about writing is that there are times when no one is going to validate nor support your craft, and still, you’ve got to show up to the page. You gotta think. You gotta rewrite and reread and type a million different thoughts into one singular sentence at a time. The only person that can validate your craft when no one else sees it is you.
“A writer is someone for whom writing is
more difficult than it is for other people.” — Thomas Mann
One way to validate yourself as you write is to remember that it’s not about writing the perfect book. It’s not even about writing a book. It’s about finding a way to release all that stuff that’s backed up inside your system. And you gotta get it out on paper for a few reasons.
One reason is for the release, or the beginning one. I heard somewhere that when we write down the things we feel like we need to remember, it lightens the burden on our brain. It relieves stress.
The second reason is that it can help you process things better when you take time to consider possible action steps or alternate possibilities.
The third reason is that it helps you better understand yourself and those around you.
Remember, we are a bunch of humans bumping into each other trying our best while we’re here.
Might as well learn to write what you love even when no one can see your vision yet.
I spent 5 years writing what I love. It’s the biggest project I’ve ever started and completed. I spent years reading and learning different types of storytelling. I did this because I was curious to know how storytelling worked from bible stories to oral tellings, to the different types of novels we see today. This all lead to Writer’s Quest.
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