I wrote the perfect sentence this morning around six.

I should be elated right?

Somewhere in my half-sleep-half-wake state it floated away, like a helium balloon let loose by a sudden gust of wind.

All day I’ve heard bits of it…the faintest of whispers.

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On day four of the 15 Habits of Great Writers challenge we’re to practice our craft in public.

**crickets**

Isn’t that why I blog?

Not…not really. I’m supposed to go after something I want -a magazine article, guest blog post, share a piece of my writing I’ve never shared before…

I did that today.

I sent my credentials and a sampling of my work to an online magazine.

It felt good but left me wanting.

I may return to this “theme” at a later time and actually share some of my novel. “May” being the operative word.

xo,

nicōle

I am a writer. I write because I must.

I said that today. Not in those exact words…but when I break it all down that was the gist of it. I told someone I’d just met who had no idea what I “did”. I explained simply that I was a writer.

It felt good. She didn’t look at me like I was crazy. Instead she asked me about it. “What sorts of things I wrote..? And if I’d always known I’d wanted to write?” I expressed it was something that was definitely always inside of me, that as a child I would tell stories, and I always kept a journal. It wasn’t until my late twenties when I began blogging that I realized that writing every day made me happy.

Telling someone we were a writer was the first challenge in the 15 Habits of Great Writers that began today.

The crazy thing is, I completed today’s challenge with out actually realizing I had. I sat down to figure out how I’d approach my blog post when the words “I write because I must.” came to mind, and then I realized I’d already said that.

Smile…

Love & Declarations,

nicōle

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