So far so good

I honestly didn't think that writing would be this fun. Up until recently, I wanted to be a writer because it had a certain mysticism that I valued. Reading as a kid was like a super power, one that got stronger the larger the book or the longer the series. And the ones who wrote them were nothing short of heroes. But writing, now that I have finally bitten the bullet, is actually kind of amazing. Sounds silly for a writer with a blog on writing. We exist, apparently.

But to explain a little better, writing has been a goal for long time. But basically I always thought of it as a product. A noun. But the verb, as it truly is, is what excites me now. I feel energised whilst writing rather than just happy I wrote.

I have www.nanowrimo.org to thank for that realisation. The once a year, long distance sprint to write fifty thousand words in November forced me to start. I appreciate that. I certainly didn't write that many words, and I would have seen that as a failure before the challenge started. But I knew that after my first writing session that I would continue well into the future. My story will continue to grow beyond the first of December.

I'm excited to continue.

Thanks for reading.

Matthew D Masters