I'm going to start writing here again. · 11:35am Dec 3rd, 2019

I'm saying it here so you all see it: I'm going to start writing here again.

It's been a long year, but I miss writing. I've been doing other creative stuff, finding outlets, enjoying myself. Trying to rebuild my life. But I've been missing my writing very, very much. It sort of hit me last week. I'll keep this little anecdote brief:

A lot of my creative energy has gone, lately, into my D&D game that I run. It's been a really healthy, bright spot for me amid all this turmoil my life has been in. I've been helped out a lot by a lot of really good people, and a lot of them are involved in that D&D game. We're reaching the end of the campaign and we had a major session that included some big moments and send-offs for some characters, ending a lot of story arcs and wrapping a lot of plot threads up. (I use writing words because that's how I contextualize my style of running a campaign: it's a story, that I'm telling collaboratively with friends, as well as a game.) As I was prepping, I ended up writing about 8000 words of handouts that included little vignettes, character moments, villain monologues, and other key moments in the session as the players navigated this scenario. As I wrote, I realized how much I missed... that. Writing out the story. I'm usually a more go-with-the-flow guy, but this was a special session, and I really wanted to make it something unique and special.

Creating that session, bringing it to delight the players, making them growl in frusturation as the Villain does something evil or cheer in delight when they find success... it's all stemming from the enjoyment I get in writing and being read by people. It's really a unique experience, running D&D and being the DM, and there's a lot of overlap with writing for me that make me really love it, but... there's something to be said for the act. Writing it out, making the story happen, letting characters live and breathe...

I miss it. I miss writing. Not that I haven't written at all this last year, but I just haven't been writing here. MLP is still important to me, the Brony fandom is still important to me, and I have stories here that I love that I set aside.

So, here we go. I'm going to start writing again. I'm going to go and do it now, in fact, even if it's only for a few minutes because I work in the morning.

Thanks for reading, thank you for commenting, thank you, if you're reading this, for sticking around. Hope you're all doing well. I think I'm gonna be okay, and I hope you've been okay, too.

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