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Practice, Practice, Practice

What can I say? Practice is the best medicine for writers? Whether I yearn for rhythmic thumbs syndrome or if the writing bug has bitten me too many times, I have noticed that growing as a writer takes a lot of practice, so much practice that it may drive me crazy. OK, maybe this is not terribly false, because let's face it, it's me we are talking about here. Case in point I am an imperfect, flawed writer, but my compassion for this art delves deep, so deep it rumbles the ground like a subtle earthquake. The secret that I can share with other people who aspire to write their hearts out is to write continuously, always continue on your account. Meanwhile, if you do feel discouraged about your future endeavors as a writer, do not fret because someone tells you that you cannot do it. You can always do more to prove to yourself that you hold value as a writer. Now does this sort of advice help you? Well, I hope so because you have more talent than you perceive of yourself. 

Writing: Interesting, Frustrating, Creative, Worthwhile

Image: McPherson Math               Now we know writing has its rewards and downfalls: composition, relevance, subject/topic matter, punctuation, grammar, syntax, sentence structure and so many other characteristics. Whew! It is exhausting just thinking about it. It can be frustrating, even mind numbing and taxing, when you are “in the zone” just creating ideas onto paper or words onto word processing documents. All the time you dedicate on formulating the ideas and concepts onto paper can just feel like an investment. There are so many ramblings that I can go into tangents about it, but overall, I think it can be fun to write, that’s if you have the passion for it. The passion of feeling like you soar when you start writing from beginning to end, which it is one that feel liberating and rewarding.               In my opinion, some people may think only profes...