Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog! As I was trying to think of interesting posts I could come up with for today’s post, I was coming up short with my writing (as I am still very picky with what I’m willing to share:)) and so I settled on the idea of what is behind my writing. In other words, who and what inspire me to write, and why I do it! Enjoy…
Since I can remember, I’ve always loved TV. And since I can remember, it was always about the story for me. Sitting down to watch a TV show was always about learning what was coming next for the characters, feeling their happiness and sadness with them. And I’ve taken that with me for my whole life. And this is where it comes full circle. Because it all goes back to the story. Being a storyteller, I am inspired by so many of the amazing TV Shows and movies I have seen throughout my life, and the creators behind some of these masterpieces are my biggest inspirations.
And so I’m sure you could have guessed by now that because I keep mentioning TV shows and movies and the stories behind them, that I want to be a screenwriter, a director, and a producer. In other words, I want to be in charge of the story. But not just any story, because if I’m behind the script and the camera, there’s always going to be something… unique.
I believe that everyone has a story worth telling. And when I write, I always try to tell someone’s story. Someone who is in a situation where they feel like they haven’t been seen. My goal is to tell those stories. Because it’s become quite clear to me that when a loveable TV show or movie comes out, the subject of it is, well, loved more, and has more awareness raised about it. For example, I’ve never seen so many people be so into and so supportive of competetive cheerleading as I did when Netflix’s Cheer came out. And there’s a list over 5 miles long of all the adversity people face that they wish more people knew about. I know my synesthesia is one of those things…
So, when I write I try to remember everything that my pencil and paper is riding on. Because we all know by now how loud writing speaks. There are a lot of untold stories out there, and as a storyteller, it’s my job to tell those stories. For the people that can’t. That’s why my biggest inspirations aren’t just the people who wrote TV Shows and movies, but the ones who wrote something I’d never seen before. They told untold stories. And so everytime I debate whether I should write or go to sleep or relax or just simply not write, I try to remember why it’s so important that I do write.
Thank you so much for reading this today! I hope that just as so many of my biggest inspirations have inspired me to share my stories, that I helped inspire you to keep writing. Your story matters, don’t waste your chance to tell it.
Writing in Full Color 