Message to Those Dying to Write but Struggling to Begin

You Call Yourself A Writer?!

I used to be afraid to call myself a writer. How dare I take on such a title?

I was a twenty-something chasing everything in 2000s New York City. Then someone told me something simple but life-changing: Writers write.

Not writers need to be published (I am, by the way ??).

Not writers need to be good.

Just writers write.

F*ck A Moleskin…

Writers write:

• On their phones.
• In their heads.
• On scraps of paper and napkins.

There is no perfect place, no perfect moment. Writing happens wherever words find their way onto a page.

To My Twenty-something self:

I would say: Take care of the writing, and it will take care of you.

Years later, I realize—I have built a life where I get to write every single day. The art of creating emotion in another person using words clustered on a page is intoxicating and fun.

You Are a Writer

I write, therefore I am a writer. And if you write, so are you.