The Plan

Write.

That’s the plan; write. It seems simple. What many don’t know is that I have a hard time taking my own advice and I have taken every avenue to avoid doing just that.

I am willing to admit impatience makes up the lion’s share of the blame. Throughout this journey to become a serious writer with hopes to become a full fledge author, I have wanted that New York Time’s best seller since yesterday, ten years ago.

The entitled millennial I want it now spirit reared it’s ugly head and for a time I considered quitting. My drafts were trash and I begin to question if I had it. I have yet to define the “it”.

The goal is to write more frequently and to simply take it easy on myself, and I have decided to take 2022 head on and carve out time to develop my skill. I begin even if the idea or the thought isn’t fully developed, the ideas are there. It is putting them on the screen that shows the disconnect.

I’ve discovered that chasing the perfect first draft has always been my Achilles’ heel. I have learned that it is okay; every idea or plot isn’t meant to be a trilogy or HBO series. You have to write in order to get the sludge out of the way and hit black gold-or rather the literary jackpot. I am learning the process takes time.

Trusting the process is hard but trusting myself is the hardest thing I have ever done.