Alicia Bright

I always wanted to write books and make movies but I couldn’t take action. Maybe it was a lack of discipline or just plain fear, but this inability to take action towards what I wanted crippled me. So I quit. No writing books, no making movies, no nothing. It was 2020 and the plan was to download this app called TikTok and make videos for a year... See more

But the process of writing — especially writing a first draft — should resemble quickly sketching what’s inside your mind, not squeezing words out of yourself.

I realised that writing wasn’t just about others reading my work; it was about honouring the voice inside me that needed to speak, to connect, to be seen. Now, the question isn’t why I avoided it, but why I waited so long to embrace it. My “why” is to be authentic, to release the stories within me, and to inspire others to find their own voices... See more

This, however, is not an excuse to be lazy in your thinking. You have to put your thoughts in order. But the time to do this is before you write for publication. Think: musicians practicing hard so they can be in the moment when they improvise. Read, take notes, study, question yourself. But then, when writing a post, let that go, and rely on the... See more