the journey to write.

Having watched Julia & Julia last night a neuron fired in my brain trying to tell me to just write. So that neuron firing, was 50% of my brain capacity. Watch out 😉 Also, recent self evaluation of my passions has led me to think about writing again. A podcast, by Sara Werner, continues to play in my mind as well. And a stark realization that I do not have to be published to be a writer. (Thanks Sara W.) Yet, if I push a few posts here and there I do get to publish. Lots of micro-publishing. A conversation about 2 years ago with a Hollywood writer, John Hill, was inspiring. And while at the time I was not in a place to follow through with what we talked about on the phone, it was inspirational. More than he could have realized at the time. Most recently, Bob Goff’s books Love Does and Everybody Always, led me to be inspired. Well, and the email he wrote back which, on reflection, is reason to say, “Yes! Just write!”

If you click my author name link, it will pull up a few different blogs that I have. Only a couple that house any real content. Brilliant ideas at the time, so I thought, but the energy fizzled. Researching blogging, a past exercise, indicated that to maintain an audience the topics had to be specialized. So, in the example of The Business Dude, I focused on writing only about business and improvements that could be made for an organization. Some self growth may apply, but it was mainly work related. It became overwhelming and began to feel like my creative energy was only professional. It also didn’t let me escape into other aspects of life. So I burnt out… So that leads me to this blog and this post (in particular). I do have a voice. About a lot of things. So, while I am being cognizant of readership, I am going to assume that this one will be different. I am thinking that I will use the category/tag feature to special all the thoughts into categories. Assuming I have readers. (Thanks to the one person reading LOL… oh wait that is me…)

So this post is not super thoughtful in comparison with the drafts in queue, but it was needed. For me. Thinking through the journey to make this writing thing happen. Clear off the table and start drafting again. What I have learned is that it is ok to just want to write (or just do something, anything) for me. The purpose being self gratification and social engagement is enough. While trying to fit into some category – some monetization plan – some greater purpose I lost my voice. And that is what what creative writing is all about.

Let’s do this. Here is to the journey.