Get the Words Out

Sometimes, I don't feel like writing;
just like I don't always feel like eating avocados
or watching When Harry Met Sally.

These are some of my favorite things,
but they aren't the only things I do.

I've learned though, from mentors and teachers,
and writers who I wish were my friends
(but are really famous people, who don't know I exist)
that it's okay to not want to write all the time.

But as with most things,
you have to keep going.

You have to put that pen to the paper,
or your fingers on the keys,
and write as often as possible.

Because that's what writers do.

Published pieces don't define writers.
Writing defines writers.

So that's what I'm doing.
I'm writing even when I don't feel like it;
I'm writing when it doesn't seem to have a purpsoe.

I'm writing...
because I'm a writer.