I've got a few words for you: Embrace the bad, awful writer in you. It's how you get to meet the amazing one.
Set Yourself Free And You'll Grow.
Freedom is the most important ingredient for growth. Nothing in this world can grow to its full potential in a confined environment; not plants, not animals, not ideas!
To become the amazing writer you've always wanted to be, you'll have to break out of your shell and allow your roots grow. Both ways require overcoming some form of resistance.
Breaking Out Of Your Shell
As a seed, you've got the potential to grow into a big, strong tree bearing fruits and providing a cool shade from the harshness of the sun. This is an amazing responsibility; an honor to be of service to people.
A seed will however not become a tree if it doesn't get enough air, moisture, and break itself open. These are steps it needs to take and none can be skipped.
To become the awesome writer, you have to expose yourself to enough air, and moisture; enough to make you decay. You can't be scared of putting out a shitty post on your way to perfecting the craft.
Giving yourself all the freedom you need is a surefire way to stretch yourself and begin to break out of your shell. Write and write about any and everything. Keep writing even when your output is below satisfactory.
Allow Your Roots Grow
Go deep, then spread your wings/tentacles/whatever you've got to spread!
That's how roots work!
When you've given yourself the freedom to grow, you have all the space you need and there are no restrictions or limitations. This doesn't mean you won't encounter obstacles like coagulated soil or stones here and there (or even roots of other people telling you what you can or can't do) but it's part of your responsibility to overcome these obstacles.
Life is not a bed of roses, nothing in life is, and even roses have thorns. So instead of expecting a smooth ride, prepare for bumps.
Growing your roots will involve learning more about a certain subject area. When it comes to improving yourself in a certain field, it's always advisable to learn all you can concerning the subject.
As you learn deeper about writing in general, you branch out into learning about comedy or cryptocurrency or sports. It's the combination of all the areas you've got roots in that defines the growth of your tree.
Do you want to be this massive tree everyone runs to for shade? You'd need to have very deep and widespread roots.
One way i'm planning to grow my roots after breaking out of my shell is joining the PALnet
With PALnet I intend to help out as many people as I can, have fun, while creating lovely relationships along the way. I'll be volunteering to become a greeter which will afford me the opportunity to help out everyone interested.
PALnet has launched the Minnow Support Project backed by @aggroed @ausbitbank and @teamsteem. These folks are amazing and I encourage you to support them and vote for their witnesses.
You can learn more on the @minnowsupport account and also by joining the Discord channel
Once you're in, shoot me your questions and I'll be more than happy to help, along with many others. There are already over 100 folks so it's a growing community. Imagine the relationships you'll get to form...
