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Hey friend!
My son was at the kitchen table, crayons everywhere, narrating his story like a director on set.
Apparently, the banana didn’t want to be peeled today.
It had “dreams.”
Meanwhile, I’m on my laptop, sipping cold tea, trying to write a post about storytelling
and nothing’s landing.
So here we are:
he’s four, writing dialogue for fruit,
I’m thirty-eight, overthinking verbs.
And that’s when it hit me.
He’s not writing to impress.
He’s writing to express.
That used to be me.
Before I learned what “content strategy” meant.
Before I started filtering every line through performance anxiety.
Writer’s block isn’t real.
It’s just what happens when you start hiding behind structure.
The fix?
Write the thing that makes you laugh.
Write the line you’d text your friend.
Write before your brain has time to edit your heart.
That’s how the stories that matter get out.
That’s how you get your voice back.
Enjoy your weekend,
Stephen
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