Going Out the Door

Writing sounds like such a simple task sometimes. Put the pen to paper or tap the keyboard. What about after that? Does writing just sit there on the page, unknown to anyone but the person who wrote it? That’s an option, no doubt, but that’s only a half-finished job that didn’t need to happen in the first place.

Writing, like any other creative outlet, needs an audience so that it can breathe. If a piece of writing stays private, no one will discuss it, critique it, or have the slightest idea what the person who wrote it has written about. As soon as even one person other than the author gets a chance to read a piece of writing, it comes alive. If I, for example, were writing this post without ever intending to show it to anyone, I might as well be spending my time watching YouTube videos about the disastrous history of Final Fantasy XIV or the latest restaurant horror Gordon Ramsay needs to fix.

The main point I’m trying to make here is that a writer, like any creator, needs to be willing to take that first step out the door. Getting to the hills in the distance is impossible by just staring at them from a window. I discussed this matter with a friend for quite a while, figuring out what I need to do to push forward with my writing. That’s why this blog is being published, both for my own benefit of putting something out there, and, hopefully, for others. If you as readers can glean anything from my writings (which I cannot guarantee will always be coherent), that’s fantastic.

As I find my cadence of publishing, I’ll keep posting things at… certain times.

Thanks all

-Johnathan D. Williams