I feel like I have nothing to say until I start writing. I start writing a paragraph for a newsletter, and find it is more of a blog post. Where to stop? How to arrange my words to be enticing but not overwhelm? Those are the real problems. I can write, but will you read it? Should I keep editing, opening myself up, or should I mask my real self? This is October, the time of year for masking and costumes. It can be fun to feel anonymous, to feel like someone else, maybe a superhero of villain for an evening, but then we take the mask off and see who we want to be as a person and a writer.
In writing, I sometimes like to mask myself in stories. I share feelings and situations all camouflaged in a different person and backdrop. Writing is fun. Imagining, researching, and creating with words. I often see the words as puzzle pieces that I can arrange and rearrange. Unlike a puzzle, I can also change out the pieces with words that are more subtle or powerful.
Words are powerful. They can influence our feelings and emotions. Words can take me all over the place, at times seemingly like mayhem. A great paragraph ends up out of place, but it needs to be in there. Where will that puzzle piece fit? It’s all the fun of writing.