There are lots of reasons folks don’t write. Lack of talent isn’t one of them.

Reason #4 Why Folks Don’t Write: It’s something you must do with yourself.

I don’t mean writing about yourself. That is a journal.

I don’t mean writing to yourself. That is reflection.

I don’t mean writing at yourself. That is analysis.

I don’t mean writing with disregard of audience. That is isolation.

I don’t mean writing to tout yourself. That is promotion.

I don’t mean writing with yourself as subject. That is narcissism.

I don’t mean writing with disregard of getting fame and/or fortune. That is dumb.

I mean be the craftsman of your self, or “selves” if you are a person who chops up feelings, thoughts, memories and behaviors into separate chunks.

I mean writing with the person you woke up being today. Write that. No one else can.