Punctuate-d - Color Study Journal 02

Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer.

I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see, and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. That thing you had to force yourself to do—the actual act of writing—turns out to be the best part.