“Do you feel called to write?”
“Writing is not a profession it’s a calling. It’s almost holy.” -Jamaica Kincaid
I think highly of writing. If you’re dedicated enough,
- writing can make you question all you thought you knew.
- It can be a doorway to adventures of your choice.
- You can use writing to challenge yourself and liberate yourself from the person you were when you started.
- It can wake you up to new possibilities.
And that’s all great but
We can wake up to all the possibilities in the world, but when it’s time to write, none of that other stuff matters.
The space you create for yourself as a writer is the same place where all else falls away. Doodle all the dreams you want outside of precious writing time. Make amazing plans but do it at a different time. There’s only one thing asked of you as a writer during writing time and that’s to write. Not marketing. Not editing a cover. Writing. That other stuff needs separate time slots.
If we spend all our writing time doing things other than writing, we’ll lose trust in our ability to show up and write. On the flip side, if we show up consistently for ourselves books will be written and edited, novels, poetry, short stories doused in prose and symbols will pile up. And when we have piles of work because we showed up, we can gain a better understanding of the craft and we see all that we can accomplish.
This in my opinion is what makes writing holy and separate from all else. It calls you to show up for yourself. And when you show up for yourself as a writer, the world will be blessed by your work. You have no idea who is being inspired by you living out your calling.
There’s one very important thing that you need when your writing session begins and ends. The truth is, and you must feel this deep in your bones, that writing serves you so that you can serve the world. If you can’t write, you can’t serve. Period. Honoring your craft is one of the greatest gifts you can give to yourself and those around you.
“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.” -Marie Curie
-Saschia ✨Jayne✨ Johnson
