Creator Journals 7/6/25
There’s a lot of societal injustice in the world right now. It’s all over the news and all over my social feeds. It’s hard to stay above the water, stay positive and keep it from stressing me out. Stress causes me a number of physical symptoms, so I’m trying my best to stay afloat.
I think writing can be a really good outlet for that kind of thing, but there’s only so much venting I can do in a fun comedy story called “Beach Knight”. I also never want to be didactic. I never want to write anything that “tries to teach a lesson”.
Maybe I need to get back into doing a bit of poetry. That used to be a major outlet for me in college. I even hosted poetry nights for the creative writers in the area at my apartment.
Today is Sunday, so I’m not writing, but I am at work. There’s a lot of dead time at my job today, and it’s giving me time to think, which is rough. Recently, thinking carries the danger of making me angry.
I hope this anger can one day find an outlet. I hope it can be a tool for good in the world. In everything, I want to be a tool for good in the world. That’s what I’ve always wanted.
Peace and love!
Today’s writing tip: Become weirdly passionate about your story and your characters. Let them become constellations in the dark skies of your reality.
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