Shut Up and Write

Just finished Writing Down the Bones. I know that I said I was going to take one chapter at a time but it was impossible. It seemed that Goldberg knew me and knew how to answer all the questions that I had.

One of the biggest things she constantly brought up was how writers constantly use an excuse to do something other then write but she refused to give into these excuses. If you want to write, then write. Just pick up the pen and start writing. Who cares what it is. Shut up and write.

Although I never read the book before, I felt that I had. Answers that she wrote about in her book seemed so familiar to me but upon reflecting, I realized that I had been answering all these questions on my own. The questions about why I wanted to be a writer and if I really wanted to do it. I answered after I met my uncles friend that writes for the Daily News. The answer was to reapply for jobs and now I am a staff writer.

It is so weird, how we know all the answers already but sometimes we need someone that we don't know to tell us. After reading this book, I feel refreshed. I feel ready to sit down and do some writing. I am ready to face the fear of the unknown and just write about it.