Alesha Braden

I'm Not a Writer...

I never fancied myself as a writer. For years people have tried to get me to write, and for a very long time I refused to do it. I hated writing papers for school and would always put off any writing assignment for as long as possible, and then I would write the bare minimum number of pages required. The crazy thing was, I had things I wanted to say. I had this wild imagination with creative ideas for stories, but I didn’t know how to get it out onto paper. Instead of trying, I decided I was too lazy, self conscious, and anxious to write it down and share it with anyone. They would think it was stupid, horrible, and confirm my worst fear, that I was terrible writer and had no place acting like one and should never subject anyone else to my words and thoughts again! I convinced myself that I was doing everyone a favor and saving us all a lot of time by not trying.