WRITE? YOU WANT TO WRITE?

Do you want to write, yet think you can’t write?

Join me and a multitude of doubters for a chance to write, and write well.

I wanted to write but had no idea how to start. I asked an acquaintance who is a writer for a newspaper. He writes short essays about daily life, often about his family. I enjoy reading his columns. He said his writing professor came into the classroom on day one, and said, “If you want to write, write.” Then he left the room.

Gee, thanks. That’s what my acquaintance did with me, too.

I’ve learned a few things.

Right now, write why you think you can’t write. Write for at least ten minutes. Yes, start: I can’t write because……

Keep going with your honesty in tow, your bravery running with you, and self-doubt in there, too.

Hears a taste of my doubt today: I can’t write because I don’t know what to write about. I’m embarrassed to have anyone read it. I’m afraid. I’m afraid of what people will think. I have to take the car into the garage, fix a meal, do a wash, go to the Y. Where do I start? How do I start? How can I consider writing when I barely passed writing a short essay expected on the first day of class? I couldn’t even start it. I didn’t know how to put down the first word. Yet, I do want to write.

Next: Read aloud what you wrote, only to yourself. Aloud. Listen to yourself. Read it again.

Next, what can I write about? Start a spiral notebook about writing. Mark a few columns at the top of the page. Label the columns: youth, adult, concerns, and write below those columns. Keep going.

I’ll be with you in my next blog.

 

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