I was wracking my brain trying to come up with what to write. After coming up with countless titles and writing 100 words on almost everything I thought I wanted to write, I came up short. Which is what led me to this conundrum. What do people what to read? But what do I want to write? Is it wrong to base your writing on public interest, regardless of how far said interest strays from your own interests? Or should you write what your heart wills you to and hope people connect and engage with it?
Can there be a balance? Will I find the intersection? Can it exist simultaneously or would it just be a welcome coincidence?
For the rest of the year I’m going to try find and embody this balance, all while staying as authentic as possible. I’ve realized that while people engage with toxicity and gossip, people relate to honesty. And so that is my goal for every piece henceforth, honesty, no matter how uncomfortable.
There is beauty in telling a story, there’s magic in how you tell you it. My mission is to go in search of stories, in search of truths, in search of grey areas and long-standing myths. I want to fuel my writing, my curiosity, my heart and my readers with incredible stories and poems that often live in plain sight. If I’m able to inspire even one person to explore a part of themselves they never gave a chance, or relate to a story you thought only you lived then my heart is happy.
I am truly grateful for each and every one of you that have chosen to take time out of your day to read this. I write for me, but I also write for you. I am able to write because of you. Because of the phenomenal support system that continuously pushes me to nurture my gift. And in doing so I am able to nurture my love for not only myself but every culmination of events, people and things that have gotten me to this point where I feel like a WRITER.
I implore you, wherever you’re reading this to really think about what that thing or things are that you do that make you absolutely fall in love with yourself. Once you find them never stop doing them!
I started a writing series last year that was meant to commemorate all my greatest loves, which essentially, I fulfilled but not entirely. Therefore, this year the series shall continue however not titled as “An Ode to…” but as individual standing 'pieces of moments in time that I truly savoured at their prime;. Some great, some sad but all-important pieces in my book of life.
Not writing will not be an option this year simply because now I have to and I truly want to. My legacy, my love and my light will all be directed and documented by yours truly to embody the essence of the piece of me that gives me the most peace – Being a writer. I cannot wait to have you all on this journey with me
Peace and love.
Sincerely,
Sometimes She writes.
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