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The Golden Rule of Writers
Do You Know What it Is?
I’ve been breaking my own rules lately. And a friend of mine called me out on it today.
I had several weeks where I was out of my element, helping my sister on her farm while her husband recovered from spinal surgery. I wrote a couple of articles in the span of a month and lost a lot of traction with my medium presence. I wasn’t proud of it but it made me realize I needed to get more determined to write, no matter what condition life found me in.
My friend kept encouraging me to at least make a little time for writing on medium. Not writing my book — my first ghostwriting assignment that I am putting huge pressure on myself to do well on. I notice it’s easier for me to hide behind my feelings by writing other peoples stories or content about facts, using my logical brain. Exploring topics on Medium can be heart-wrenchingly painful, or deeply personal. It has been difficult for me to put myself in that vulnerable space lately.
But talking with my friend on the phone, another writer and medical nerd who is on his own book writing journey in the realm of trauma snapped me out of my funk. He said “You’ve got to write something on your medium. How can you call yourself a writer if you don’t write every day?”
