[Writer Post] When I Grow Up
There’s an age-old question people ask and get asked AT ALL AGES: What do you want to be when you grow up? As if there’s a right answer to that. PISH. Please. Let’s just address the big element in that – who actually wants to grow up? Being a Grown Up is totally overrated, or we wouldn’t get so excited when we successfully “Adult”.
So what do I want to be when I grow up? Yes, assuming that ever happens. I want to be what I am right now – a writer. A storyteller. A writer of what is what’s still in flux. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not turning away from fiction writing – not ever – no matter what happens to our ever-changing industry.
However I keep discovering other stories to tell. More things to do with the storytelling. Two years ago I was writing jewelry descriptions for an online outlet and other things. This year I’m writing all the things about emergency preparedness – social media, website, articles, everything. Tomorrow it might be adding coffee blogging to pen reviews and these random.
I might have stumbled on the fact that there’s a coffee and tea trade show starting at the convention center on Friday – and I can’t go… bummer.
There are stories everywhere. True stories, fictional stories, stories somewhere in between – funny, sad, romantic, scary, beautiful stories. And I want to write ALL THE STORIES – which probably explains a lot about me. And there’s no waiting for “when I grow up”. Those stories are begging to be told now – yes, also explaining the noise in my head and why I’m finally trying yoga).
So if you’re wanting to write. If you feel the stories in everything – don’t wait until you grow up – indulging your inner kid is part of the fun of the writing and storytelling – do them now. Write them. Send them out to be published. Be awesome.