When will you be ready to write?
Done is better than perfect. you can only do so much as your skill permits for now.
When I look back at what I wrote five years ago I am shocked to see that I would write such trash. My eyes have opened.
When you write consistently you track your progress. You begin to see how your work changes over time.
I had this feeling (as stupid as it sounds ) that one day out of nowhere the stories would come rushing down and I would write in impeccable English.
So I postponed becoming a writer to an unknown future.
In becoming ready as a writer there are two types of readiness.
Readiness to yourself Readiness to the world
With readiness to yourself this simply means that before anything else you have to become a writer to yourself.
Your brain has to know and affirm the identity of being a writer.
A simple way to do this is to start writing consistently.
Notice I said consistently not everyday. If everyday works for you fine.
You have to be a writer before we can talk about your adjectives. Bad,good,great, remarkable,terrible, famous,best selling etc.
Another reason is when you write you can give your work(s) to an editor and they will give you feedback to help improve not just the writing but your skill.
You don’t know what you don’t know.
This is what I hope to do with the quinthirty challenge.
Ask yourself if no one reads my work would I still write.
Emily Dickinson poems were published posthumously.
When you become a writer to yourself. The work is almost done.
You might ask but I am not good enough. My story doesn’t click.
The closer you get to writing stories that you will read and fall in love with objectively. The closer you get to becoming a better writer. As writers when we read books we know a great story and an okay writing.
But there’s a disconnect in our skill to create it.
It is like a painter who imagines a great painting but is not skillful enough to paint it. So he ends up with a caricature of what he imagined.
We are not good enough so we don’t write because we don’t write we never become good enough.
I urge you to break that cycle.
Start with writing for five minutes.
You can do it.
Build your identity
Update Still testing out things with the quinthirty challenge. I am getting close to the fun part. Working on writing projects next week. The projects I would be submitting for feedback.
I will do a full case study once I am done with this challenge.
Prompt Theme for this week. “Memory”:
- Dialogue Prompt: Write a conversation between two characters who stumble upon an old photograph that triggers a flood of shared memories.
Explore how their recollections differ and converge, revealing the complex nature of memory and the role it plays in shaping relationships.
- Starting Sentence: “In the attic, she found a dusty box filled with forgotten treasures, each one a key to unlock the chambers of her memory.”
- Story Ending: “As the last embers of twilight faded, he realized that even though his memory had faltered and betrayed him, the stories he wove in the fading light would live on in the hearts of those who loved him.”
- Simple Plot: A person wakes up one morning with no memory of their past, only to discover a series of cryptic notes and photographs scattered throughout their home. As they follow the trail, they uncover shocking truths about their identity and a past they never knew existed.
- Exercise: Close your eyes and try to recall a vivid childhood memory. Write a detailed description of the scene, focusing on the sights, sounds, smells, and emotions you experienced. Then, explore how this memory has shaped who you are today and reflect on its significance in your life.
Remember, these prompts can be adapted and expanded upon in various ways to suit your writing style and preferences.
Feel free to let your imagination run wild and explore the depths of memory in your prose or poetry!
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Until next week keep writing.
Mechi