No matter where I go on a career level, writing is my first passion.
Like many who write, this is more then just a hobby: it’s a calling.
— There’s power behind this creative adventure.
Due to that fact, many who orchestrate letters on either a blank page, on their laptop screens( which is what I call a blank canvas), it takes many years to believe in your work, or to even call yourself a writer. In the traditional sense, it’s believed that you need to be getting paid in order to someone that contributes as any form of writing.
This is not true at all.
As someone who not only started writing at eight years old, along with going to school in order to hone my skills as a writer, journalist, songwriter, script writer, and of course a blogger, I went through a ton of constructive criticism from professors and peers alike. We as writers become very sensitive of our work because we are just that… sensitive. Creative people tend to take things personal when coming to the work that we produce. Plus I’ve earned my diploma so yes I can call myself a writer.
Are you someone who writes on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis about anything? Then you are a writer my dear. As they say, practice makes perfect. Here are reasons to why I write.
1. To Inspire Others
As a blogger, you never know who’s life you may be affecting. When you put your work out in the public, it’s open for anyone (worldwide) to see something that may help to inspire then with anything. Words have meaning behind them. Having this blog on WordPress has helped me take a look at who is reading my articles from around the world which is pretty cool. I see you South Africa, Australia, Ireland, India, Brazil, Greece, Malaysia, Namibia, the United Arab Emirates, the U.S.A., Kenya, Switzerland, Netherlands, England, Jamaica, Nigeria and of course Canada along with my Trini family in the small island of Trinidad and Tobago. It’s pretty cool seeing these stats.
2. To Be Inspired
Whether I’m reading a novel that prompts me to write or come up with a story, or one of my cousins just messaged me telling me how they loved my last blog post, I find inspiration anywhere.
3. Therapy
We all need this. Therapy comes in many forms, for me writing is at the top of the list aside from jogging and music. With therapy equates to meditation… writing keeps my mind off anything disruptive or stress induced situations. Being creative is good for the soul. We as human beings are creative. If you are making a meal, doing pottery, making a table etc. you are being creative. This is an important aspect to maintain because being inventive, innovative or productive infuses a spark in people which give us purpose.
4. Practice
I’ve said this before many times that the more you practice on a skill, the better you become at it. In today’s age living in a technology era, we want everything fast… yesterday, so we’ve become impatient on pretty much anything. If you want something really badly, whether it being something big or small, you practice in order to improve. You can’t just start at A, not putting in the work and expect to move all the way to Z. This is not how things work! With my writing in school, I’ve had to really look at what I needed to do in order to improve, fight for and work on with this skill. Practice… practice… practice!
5. The Evolution
Hammer Style Girl has been around for almost two years. My topics starting out with this blog, strictly dealt with fashion, then I started writing about celebrities, more so musicians, afterwards it was really anything that came to mind. The beauty about writing is that your writing can evolve into something completely different because this is a journey. For me this blog helps me to stay true to my beliefs, whether the topics are on fashion, race, feminism, money, hair journeys, music, a little bit of politics (very little) and of course traveling… the possibilities are endless. Plus it would be boring to always write about the same old topics. My writing reflects not only where I’m at in life, but how I’m feeling at that time.
So if you are a writer… get to it!