"Stop trying to be witty or thoughtful and stop trying to have a topic. Write. Just fucking write."
She went on to say that for writers, the process is as important as the product, which I'm pretty sure is something some other writer said...but I'll give her the credit for saying it to me.
So my goal for the month is to write...when it's good and bad and easy and hard. Just to keep writing...
To stop worrying about editing and tweaking the language before I put it out into the world...to just write...edit when I feel like it or when I catch an error or better words come to me.
To stop concerning myself if I drifted off the topic I was talking about and let my writing wander into the spaces of my brain where I find myself when I'm alone in my thoughts. To commit words to a page and use the language arts that I was so well prepared for K-12.
Action begets action and it's inevitable that if I keep writing, I'll stop disliking my own writing so much and work on my sentence structure and metaphors.
To find better ways to express myself and a better outlet.
Because writers write...and i've always been a writer. I like to write. I just have a problem finishing the writing and find myself time and time again saying "i'll get back to that."
Just. fucking. write.
write something. write a list. write three times today where I was thankful or angry or hilarious.
Just keep writing. Don't let this be something else you stopped doing because there are people who are better than you at it. There will always be someone who is better.
You're not writing for them. You've always had a personal connection with the written word. Use it.
Use your emotions and your feelings and the hurdles you are jumping presently.
Write anything. This isn't Anna Karenina. You're not writing the next best seller. Fifty Shades of Grey was horrible writing anyway. But this isn't for anyone but you.
You...this is a personal relationship with you and writing.
Just. fucking. write.
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