A Prompt About Dreams
I’ve been strugglig with vertigo for over a week, so my screen (and writing/blogging) time has been severely limited. I’m finally feeling better and excited to be writing a post based on another of the January Blog Prompts. The prompt I’m using today is: “What did you dream about when you were younger?”
As soon as I read this prompt, I knew what I’d be writing about, because it’s been consuming my thoughts for the last couple of months. And the dream is “to write”. To be an author. A published author. Maybe even a “well-known” writer.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved to read, and I believe my enjoyment of writing came very shortly after my love of reading. I was the English nerd in high school who took SEVEN years worth of English classes in 4 years. I was the High School magazine editor my junior year, and the newspaper editor my senior year. I was an English major in college (although I never finished due to health reasons). Reading and writing and editing and then reading more – these are my passions.
I can remember “writing” stories in my mind as a child, and I’ve never stopped. I “write” dialogue for characters who don’t exist in a book yet. I “write” devotionals and speeches and blog posts. But, most of the time it’s just in my head, often in the middle of the night. There are a lot of words in various formats on hard-drives on my computers, and even printed out drafts of stories and book ideas.
Over 32 years of adulthood, I somehow let my writing dream just simmer on the back burner. I’ve not managed to get any articles published, nor FINISHED any fiction books, haven’t complete my devotional book ideas, or ever consistently blogged. I’ve let my dream (and my voice) shrivel down to just embers, barely even flames.
But, a match has been lit, mostly thanks to the health crisis that made me stop and think about what I want to do that I haven’t done, and the fire is burning again. I’m designing blogs again for other creatives and businesses, writing and finishing articles and devotionals, actually publishing blog posts and getting fired up to help others doing the same!
It’s never too late!
What did YOU dream about when you were younger?
