From the Mind of A Writer

I've always enjoyed writing, and really haven't done anything with it until late last year. As a kid and young adult, I mostly wrote poetry. I remember an instance when my mother read something I wrote and proclaimed, "Huh, I never knew you had this in you!" All I can say that we, as young adults and teenagers, harbor a lot of stuff inside, things that are easier to express as we get older. Many turn to writing poetry.

As a full-fledged adult (gasp!), I find that I'm more interested in writing about life experiences, and I have plenty of them, in hopes that if it were to help just one person, then its mission accomplished. But I don't want to just focus on the bad; therefore, I've resolved to do well-researched articles on other things that interest me, things that I'm very passionate about, or are informational. Who knows? I may learn a thing or two in the process.

There are times I feel a little overwhelmed in that I think maybe something has been written about, perhaps in my mind it may be over saturated and I shouldn't write about it. I have found, though, that perhaps I can bring something fresh, a new spin, on any particular subject that I'm interested in.

I feel blessed to have found two forums in which to write to. Whereas one allows me to write about anything I want to (within reason, of course), the other one has topics to write to. Each site, in their own ways, brings out my creativity and allows me to grow as a writer. I think I'm over my initial insecurities and now I feel ready to show them what I have, because I know the talent is there, I just need to fine-tune it and go for it.

Wish me luck!