Read to Write

I had a mentor who taught me that my fascination with books, not only opened my imagination, but also my creative side. I'm trying to work back toward those roots, but it's been difficult because time in the day is limited.

Everyday, the goal of achieving balance between the necessary and the nearly necessary doesn't lend much for the frivolous nor the extravagant.

I think deep down, I have potential that I haven't begun to riddle out or explore. It's going to be difficult to determine which of my ideas are worth exploring further and which need to be crumpled up arcing into the wastepaper basket.

I'm lacking focus right now. I'm reading mostly historical fiction and nonfiction about history, but I'm finding inspiration for multiple types of work, not only writing.

I have short story, poem, and novel ideas ranging from the fantastical to the macabre. I see steam punk crafts everywhere I go, as well as pop-culture geek crafts and canvases, and they're trapped in my head.

How do I put anything in order to release? How do I focus my cascading mind into a productive outlet?

I've looked through many of my old journals and although I only ever trusted that I could write, it seems I've never quite known what to do about it.

I really think it's time I figure it out.