Writer’s Block?

I have used writer’s block as an excuse for several months. The desire to write still exists, but the worry that the topic I choose or the words I say won’t be relevant to others. This fear keeps me from putting pen to paper and my booty glued to the sofa watching hours of Sex in the City or Gossip Girl. (p.s.- I am about 10 years late and 20 years too old… why didn’t I know how amazing Gossip Girl was in 2007 when it first came out?!?)

Perhaps there is some truth to my writer’s block. I mean what the hell do I say to people to make an impact? What could I say that hasn’t already been said? I am not sure I’ve figured it out yet. One of my new year’s intentions is to sit down to write at least 3 times per week. Even if I just sit there an stare. Which, BTW, has already happened and it’s January 3rd.

But I start sentences with conjunctions and sometimes prepositions and I often have run on sentences and so much for beginning, middle, end, words appear in order they were presented in my brain. My blog has no apparent theme, except perhaps the truth about living in this world according to me. I am a college writing professor’s worst nightmare. What qualifies me to be a “writer”?

Many hours have been spent pondering why I started writing in the first place and I always circle back to, “there must be other people that feel this EXACT same way! I should write down my thoughts, put them out in the world so that others know they aren’t alone”. My saving grace is that I am reaching for authenticity.

One of my most recent inspirations is Glennon Doyle. Which if you haven’t read any of her writing stop reading now and visit her website (http://momastery.com/) or better yet just order her book, Love Warrior, on Amazon immediately. She speaks a powerful, simple truth about real life shit and she does it in a way that reaches out and touches your soul. It’s like reading a story that your best friend wrote for your eyes only. I want to be my own version of Glennon Doyle only with run ons and sentences that begin with prepositions and omission of the oxford comma.

No more perfect crafting, worry about run ons or length, just raw and real. Authentic. My word for 2018.