Letters

Why did I fail my Writing Challenges?
Over the past five years I have been actively trying to be a writer. I have set goals but for some reason I did not achieve them. For some reason you would expect me to have learnt my lesson but I didn’t.
When I wrote the newsletter two weeks ago I decided to work on these projects.
100 days of Poetry
100 days of Short Story
100 days of Spoken word Poetry
90 days YouTube Challenge.
But two days in and I could not keep track of the many things I was…

The Law of 100:Setting Growth Writing Goals.
I made plans to embark on four writing challenges.
Starting on 1 October 2023.
But I quit.
Everything was overwhelming. I was losing track of so many things. I had so much I was doing I had to pause and do one thing.
Delete.
Delete all the things that were not as important.
While trying to decide I asked myself. Why was I doing the writing challenge? For me the goal is to become a better writer and establish my identity as a writer.
To me and to…

If you want to quit writing… read this
Today I want to share a story I am finding really helpful.
It is the highlight of what I am feeling right now and I know you will find it useful too.
Once upon a time Raymond Carver, a famous writer went for a meeting. During the Questions and Answers session. A member of the audience asked a question.
The young writer asked whether to quit writing or keep going.
Raymond Carver looked at the writer and he said, Quit writing. By all means do.
This was a…

Leaving my Comfort Zone of Writing.
Recently I was doing an audit of my skills and works as a writer.
The obvious to me was that I was not a very good writer(yet) to put it politely and be positive .
The next question I asked myself was “where is it?”
Where is what ?”
I asked the voice in my head.
Where’s your terrible writing?
Where’s your failed work?
I had nothing.
Of course I have a collection of my writing.
The question is something you have put in the effort and built to be shared. It…

The need for Validation
Let me tell you a simple story.
Imagine for a moment you are in a meeting. More like a party and everyone is engaging in small talk with a glass of drink in hand.
The first person is asked what do you do.
I am a Doctor,” he replies.
Wow everyone replies, even you.
Every other person takes turns in answering the question.
Now it’s your turn. You pause . Everyone is looking at you.
I am a Writer”
The next question is what is the name of your book.
After which they ask…

Okay, so right now, I’m not going to talk so much about this thing. It’s just an experiment that I’m

The feeling of being a writer(greatness)
I know that feeling, better felt than described .
When I read a book, I get a kind of inspiration. This inspiration makes me see myself.
I see my stories and the lyrics in my head. As much as I know and see them . I try to write and what I come up with is like I am gifted with bad writing.
This I have come to understand as the incompetence disconnect.
A fancy way of saying what I imagine is different from what I draw.
It is more like when a child not…

Is literature dying?
I use to think literature was only big elite books from authors I barely knew.
But with I time I understand that literature involves beyond the three branch of writing
Prose
Poetry
Play.
It is a work of art that changed our perspective. That made us see the world differently.
While with Ai out there and all the things happening we start asking what is the use of writing.
When it seems are hard we should go back to the drawing board and ask a couple of questions.
Why do I…

Deliberate Writing Practice
As I write and keep progressing it becomes really important that just writing is not enough to improve.
I have to be intentional with my practice that way I can work on my skills and improve.
As a warm up I will be participating in the poetry marathon. Beyond that I am still sketching a longer writing challenge. I want it to help me create work I am proud of and to share it with world irrespective of how good I think it is.
Analogy of writing with exams
I am…

Have you registered for the poetry marathon?
Take note . This is not my challenge. It is a poetry challenge and I like .I will be participating so if you are interested you can join me and other writers
Deadline for registration is August 28th. Register Poetry Marathon​
How has it been going so far? A lot is happening with writing. Nevertheless I choose to write.
Expanding the reach of your work.
I have been looking at the art of writing and how to change them into a form for everybody.
For…