Note to new readers: This post is part of my 30 Days of Writing Practice. I am allowing blocks of 10, 20 or 30 minutes of my day solely to putting my swirling thoughts on paper. No going back to edit which will only serve to stop the stream of consciousness. My writing buddy Kat and I (Wruddy for short), we call it writing from the heart. Please read my introduction for the full story.
It’s introspection Monday, folks!
Today is Day 20. It’s getting harder and harder each day. Hey, I can write everyday for the rest of my life. But with an audience, writing takes a different dimension. It creates a certain kind of expectation. Of myself, the topics I write about, the quality of my writing. I began to realise that I am slowly writing to an audience instead of writing for myself, for self expression. This realisation may have presented itself on Day 7, the one about “Angels on earth”. That was a writing highlight. I found it really difficult to find a topic that could top Day 7. Yet I did. I proved to myself that I can and will dig deep.