Writing Up A Storm Lately

I'm a writer. 

I'm sure I've mentioned that. The past few days, I have spent so much time at ChocolaTea ... just pouring out my passions into a frenzy fueled fiction. I shudder to think that I'm going to share this. But here's an overly dramatized picture of me in 'Writing Mode' 

Attractive photo, huh? *snickers* 
Posting this clearly shows that I have no shame. I officially am going to start a wall of inspirational quotes from favorite and famous authors. Something to put in my room. Not that I have any space on the walls. Maybe the closet door? I don't know.
I'll probably begin with this quote. 

"You must write every single day of your life. You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads. May you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And out of that love, remake a world." -Ray Bradbury. 

Ray Bradbury (the man was a genius)

Writing is an outlet that I find to be soothing as well as maddening. Unless you write daily, you will never understand it. But it's the only true explanation of what I do. 
Creating a world takes time, energy, practice, trust in yourself, and faith to jump off the cliff without knowing what's at the bottom. 
Sometimes you find a gem among all that chaos. Sometimes, you just hit hard rocks and you've got to backtrack. But in the end ... all that struggle ... is worth it. Every moment of writing that consumes you so completely that you don't know how much time has gone past ... it proves that you're willing to go that distance to write that sentence. That paragraph. That chapter. That novel. 

And I do give advice for anyone that has that bug to begin, but can't seem to get their ideas off the ground.
So here is my ONE piece of advice to start with.

Are you ready?

Start writing! That's it! Forget about the fear of spelling or formatting or grammar. Just write. You never know. Something amazing could sprout and grow from there and it can be edited and revised later. Just write. 
After all, no one can stop you but yourself, right? 

I hope you enjoyed the Wednesday Writer's Workshop edition. 
I may even make THIS section a feature on this blog. After all, this is a blog called Books, Tea, and an Overactive Imagination. 
Until next time, I remain faithfully yours,

-Taryn