Odd Writing Routine

“The art of art, the glory of expression, and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.” 

-Walt Whitman- 

Somedays I write badly and other days not as badly. I didn’t always want to be a writer. When I was 11 I wanted to be a lawyer. When I was 12 I bought a T-shirt that listed the ways you could change the world. Being a writer was one of the ways. I fell in love with the idea that words could inspire, motivate, anger, help a person or a situation. Sure there is a small thrill when you see you name in print but if blogging has taught me anything it is that writing joy comes from figuring out how “A” plus “B” can go together to equal a whole new “C’. 

People read what is written for just as many reasons as an author feels compelled to share their words. Some authors write with a stunning level of personal honesty. Like train-wreck honesty, you read because you are amazed at the sheer level of raw emotion put on the page.

I try not to think very much about the process of writing, about who is reading or what there thinking. It makes me smile when someone uses a blog line back to me but I often try to ignore it. Wishing instead that they would just ask me over for tea so we could talk about there world and life because what my readers do and think tends to inspire me.

I am getting better at carrying around a pen and paper so when the inspiration to write happens I am at least prepare for the process. Last week I forgot my journal and found myself stringing sentences together in between the printed font of a flyer. My friends know better then to walk behind me in the mall, whel I start writing down my ramblings. They just walk around and shake their head as they say, ” Hazards of shopping with a writer.”

There are days when the words float around in the air. Sometimes I manage to catch them and put them onto paper. Other days I file them away for a middle eastern Friday morning and sometimes I just enjoy the perfect poetry as it skypes or glides past. Leaving me inspired to write another day. 

Words are wonderful! 

“Most of the writers I know have somehow managed to stay in touch with that inner child who’s never heard of such a thing as an internal editor.”

-Joann Ross-

So today, when I have a natural instinct to keep something a secret, I think to myself, “Why? Why don’t I want people to know?” Because if I am living an honest life, and my eyes are open, and I’m trying my hardest to be good and kind, then anything I’m doing is fine to tell people.

That’s why I can write about what I write about on this blog.

And when you think you cannot tell someone something about yourself, ask yourself, “Really, why not?”

-Penelope Trunk-