For Those Considering Writing
Take A Chance And Steal The Show
I want this to be no more than a simple message to all the people out there aspiring to be authors or writers of some sort. For anyone who just spends their days just thinking about it, just turn that dream into a beautiful reality. One that makes such major changes in your lives, that writing ends up becoming something that goes through each of our days, with as much need as breathing.
Take writing to levels that for the longest time, you never imagined any potential in happening. I would say the key to my own success came when writing was something that I kept a hundred percent real. There was no lies in my articles, never any fiction in my stories. When I took the lead a couple years ago to chase this writing and challenge myself every single day, I made a vow to myself that my words would follow the non fiction role, and never write down one word that could contribute towards a lie or even an embellishment.
You have to challenge not only yourself but you also have to challenge the world around you. Choose the toughest of topics, write about things that the politically correct consider taboo, cover yourself, and all your fears, and vulnerabilities.
Expose your weakness, in a way so you can build it back up. Make the world your witness. As a way to be accountable to one self. Don’t make yourself look bad, but also never hold back the darkness. Use your mistakes as stories to help others avoid suffering. Make your pain a lesson learned to other people still out there sick. Reach one life every single day, and with that one, you can spark another brain.
So for anyone considering writing, wake up early tomorrow, and start your first day. As a new author, a memoir keeper, a voice for the voiceless. Start by writing the first thoughts that you have. Then write about what hurts you, what mistakes you have made, and what things have you done to others, that make you ashamed of yourself. Leave your vulnerabilities at the door. Don’t sugarcoat your story. Just tell it like it is.
Two year later, 500 publication in, I’m still going strong, and saving myself
by Michael Patanella
Michael Patanella
is a Trenton, New Jersey Author, Publisher, Columnist, Editor, Advocate, and recovering addict, covering topics of mental health, addiction, sobriety, mindfulness, self-help, faith, spirituality, Smart Recovery, social advocacy, and countless other nonfiction topics. His articles, publications, memoirs, and stories are geared towards being a voice for the voiceless. Hoping to reach others out there still struggling.
