Getting into the habit

jacqueline | May 12, 2022, 6:54 p.m. The Ramble

I am writing now, as much as possible. 

It won't all be gold, I promise, but it's part of a practice that I need to get into. Even though I am still working on one day having a book. The exercise of writing is also important. Which I realize now, why my brother originally suggested to blog.

It's not just about writing a book or talking about writing a book. It's about getting into the habit of sitting down every day and writing even if it isn't about the book. Writing alone is the job I wanted to sign up for, so I will write. Some days I will write a metaphorical short story about how I can't sleep like I did last night. Other days like this morning, I'll sit at the coffee table and digest what I wrote, until I find my style, which turns out I'm starting to get a feeling for. 

I've been picking up words recently and taking notes of them as to how I can elaborate with just that word into a story. Some words I'm finding are juicy. I'll give you an example. 

Last night I was listening to a video about the vast expansion of your brain being an ecosystem. Ouf, that word alone hit me and I'm adding it to my story. Ecosystem. Thats a big one. It's not that I don't know the word but hearing it in a story and being reminded of its value is priceless. The things I could write about gets me excited. All the imaginary scenarios in my head expanding. Even just listening about the brain and its vastness. All of it is amazing stimuli creating a movie in my mind I can't hold back. 

Also, I've started a dream journal today because I was supposed to do that a while ago and kept forgetting but I will keep up with this dream journal in order to see the stories my mind offers while I sleep. Maybe I have something hiding in there that I haven't touched yet. Or my mind has thought of but only shows me when I'm sleeping. 

Also blogging I've noticed has helped me develop and its beautiful to see where I've come so far with this. I also need to set time aside to read, because as I have been reading, I've noticed new words I didn't know about that help a sentence flow more gracefully through my thoughts. Seeing how other writers write helps me develop my own sense of style that I would prefer when outwardly expressing myself to the world. 

I want to be honest and transparent with my writing. I think the truth is beautiful. No matter how much embarrassment I think I may feel when writing freely, it's refreshing to know its real. This is my style, organic free flow writing. Once I learn how to structure it better, my writing will evolve, and I will have more order to my madness. Off the laptop that's what I do, I study, so I can be better at this. I hope every article only improves.