Positive Words

Introduction

I sometimes have a problem writing, because although almost everything I see or discover gives me a reason to write, I often pull back because I see the subject as not uplifting or positive enough.

If something bad happens, makes me sad, or annoys me, I sometimes want to shout about it, but I pull myself back because I do not want to be whiney, depressed, or upset readers.

Also, I shy away from short-form poems and fiction, stories under three hundred words, Haiku, Senryū (川柳), and Acrostic although when I do I usually add something to make it a little more challenging for myself.

So What Do I Do?

Well today I decided to do a blog post on the book I am reading, which you can check out here:

That was just a few words on the latest chapters, then after posting that I felt able to tackle a serious piece on the Labour election victory that I shared on Vocal.

Now I feel ready to write some fiction, or take part in an unofficial writing Challenge, there are a few here

Then there are the Vocal Resources that have thousands of ideas for story writing, although I usually wait for whatever my mind will come up with. I also look for live unofficial challenges to add to the link above.

Vocal has only one challenge live at the moment and that is about to expire. I think it will be very amusing if we get an email about Live Vocal Challenges and there are no Live Vocal Challenges, maybe that could be a story.

Conclusion

I see a lot of sad and depressing writing on Vocal, and writing is a good way to get these feelings out of your system.

Most of the time I push these things away until I can get something going that might make people smile, laugh or be happy.

This is the way that I create, and I know that is not for everybody.

If I can give another creator, an idea or make them feel they are doing the right thing, then I am succeeding.

That will make me happy.

The fact that you have read this also makes me happy, so thank you very much.