Everybody says it. You have to write every day. Keep a journal.
Get a little book of blank paper that you paid a fortune for, and start doodling in it. Make one page say WRITE HERE in big, red, 3-D letters and an arrow pointing to a replica of a moon. Glue sparkles, if needed.
Before long you have spent your money and your time without writing a word. But you are trendy.
I am sorry, but I, myself, am just not a journaler. I have a touch of MS. I can’t type very well or quickly. I surely don’t have good handwriting.
But I have stories, even though I am embarrassed and uncomfortable to sit in a Starbucks with a trendy journal. Somehow these feel like props I don’t really need. I just need the words.
I need to use the words everyday. I need to exercise, whether I walk or lift weights. And I can exercise the words many places whether on a computer or a journal.
The trick is to be comfortable whatever you are using, or you won’t do it. Don’t use a medium just because it’s cool. First find your voice. Then find your medium.
