Spencer Downs Per. 1

What an amazing article. I have never related to an article about writing as much as this one. I could write an essay on the impact of the industrial age in no time at all, but tell me to write about myself, and I’m a deer in the headlights. She said it best with“Writing is an act of bravery. Writing often means facing your own darkness and light.”I think the hardest part of writing about memories is having to think about the bad and the good. Not only do you have to go back through it, but just telling the story doesn’t seem like enough. Normal life is just boring, there needs to be a special meaning to make it seem worthy of being printed on paper for all to read.  “Writing is a spiritual practice” is the best I have ever heard someone explain what writing is like. Before I write I feel like I have to consult the writing deities to allow me to channel the writing juju to write something I feel is worth sharing. She simplified writing to me that it is just about telling your story and it doesn’t have to be grand and earth shattering. All that matters is that you tell your story the way you want it to be told, nothing else.