How do you write? You experience life, you think, you read a book, and then you just write. Then you repeat. 

A woman in Group told a story that she didn’t initially realize that the group was focused on recovery. She knew the group was started by a writer and she recognized some of the other writers in the room and just presumed that it was a writers group. 

I’ll leave that sentence for now. At some point, I’ll come back and make a joke that you can’t really know the difference because a lot of writers have mental and substance challenges. 

But as I spend more time as a part of this group and begin to feel like I’m making some friends and making some friends my own age who have gone through some of the same issues , I’m a little more aware that I’m spending my time with several columnists and screenwriters and such. 

And I feel like I fit in with them when we talk so why don’t I feel like I fit in when I’m at my keyboard? 

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I can’t recall the writer who told this story but they were talking about having their friends write for their publication who were not trained writers. He engaged their trepidation by telling them to just write the story in an email like they were talking to him as a friend. Because they had the hard part down – they had something to say and could say it well, all they needed was confidence.

How do you feel more comfortable sharing yourself? Maybe all you need to do is leave the house. 

How do you feel more comfortable sharing yourself? Maybe, you simply return to the page.