They Live Inside Us

Hi,

I'm John B Badd. Welcome to my first post in Write to be Badd. You're here, so you either know me or you're a writer. If you know me, you have my condolences, but thanks for showing up anyway. If you are a writer, or you want to be a writer, you are probably cranking a few stripped gears, and you may be beyond my help. But I'll try anyway.

Turn back now.

Run. Run Faster. Go back, back to your day job while they will still have you. Save your time, you only get so much of it. Keep your sanity, or what is left of it. Don't look back.

You're still here?

You are a stubborn one. You may have what it takes to be a writer after all. I don't know what it is that's driving you. Do you have some knowledge you want to give to the world? Do you have an idea that will benefit mankind? Or are you just crazy like me?

They live inside me. 

Do you have these things living inside your head, and the only way you know to get them out is to put them down on any medium you can get your hands on? Do you have to write, because if you don't these thoughts will mob your brain and scream sweet somethings in your dreams, "let us out now," until you can't even sleep? Welcome to the club. There are more of us than you may think.

I know a secrete. 

They never go away. Oh, you can get them out. But they tell their friends, and then they come to visit you. Yeah, it doesn't stop. You think you have a crazy idea now? Wait until you write it down, you won't believe what is coming next. Don't look at me, I told you to run.

I know another secrete.

Deep down you want them voices. They drive you. They make you who you are. Admit it, you love the stories. Yeah you do. Don't deny it. We all love it. The stories are what we are here for. Those muses can just keep sending us thoughts and we will keep giving them life. 

Do you want to know why?

Because, that is what we do. We take the voices, the whispers, the screams, and we share them with the world. And the world needs us as much as we need them. We are the storytellers, and we were here before recorded history. You had your chance to turn around. Now there is only one thing you can do. 

Write

Don't stop. Write everyday. You will have your moments of peace, the insanity is just part of the journey. It is a good journey though. How many other people do you know that get to create universes, live thousands of lives, and hold the power of life and death in their finger tips? Yep, it is just what we do. And it's worth it. 

You made it this far, why not hit the comment box and let me know what you think.

Thanks,

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