the purpose of writing or creating isn’t to tout a finished product; the value of what we do isn’t in having a sellable thing to make us a profit. it is to fuel our curiosity and reflect who we are in the moment we were creating said thing. we are our process; our work let’s us greet old versions of ourselves like old friends or lovers.

all you need to do to be a writer is to write sincerely about yourself and all you see. to run around naked, stripped of all that is pretty and polished and put on display your heart for us passersby to examine. all you need is a pen, and yourself.

what makes a writer? i don’t think a creative writing degree makes you one, neither does acclaim or fiscal success. i think a writer is quite simply someone who does not know how to navigate this world without putting pen to paper, someone who is preoccupied with words and sentences and story.

the purpose of writing or creating isn’t to tout a finished product; the value of what we do isn’t in having a sellable thing to make us a profit. it is to fuel our curiosity and reflect who we are in the moment we were creating said thing. we are our process; our work let’s us greet old versions of ourselves like old friends or lovers.