A writer friend once told me that "if you're meant to write, you'll write." This, of course, was in response to hearing other people talking about how they had a book idea or that they plan to be a writer.
A writer is driven to write; there is no choice if one is a storyteller or a word geek. Yet, I find that blogging is hard for me. It's not that I lack the dedication; after all, I did write a first draft full novel (over 50,000 words) in 22 days during a November in which I committed to NaNoWriMo. The problem with blogging for me is that every second that I sit at the computer, I want to be writing a story or working on one of the novels, not writing about me or my thoughts. Lately, I've been thinking that maybe a focus beyond writing and living at the beach might be the answer. I have been a teacher for 38 years now (high school and college) and a theatre director/teacher for over 34 years; perhaps some of the exercises that I use as a writer might be worth sharing since they combine the worlds of writing and acting. Or, maybe I should just post some the stories that didn't win writing contests but in which I still believe.
