I Can’t Help It

I’m letting you in on a little secret. There’s something I do because I can’t help it. Some people might consider this a bad habit. But many of you, dear readers, might be able to relate!

Because I Can’t Help It

The other day I went for a haircut and watched many people get a variety of treatments. As I looked and listened, I noticed something unusual. I was the only one, whose eyes kept going around the room and whose ears seemed to pick up everything while my hair spa and hair cut was taking place.  I smiled to myself and realized that it’s always been this way – I’m always looking for a story.!

I smiled again when I thought of some words, I read a few days ago about writers. Let me share them with you:

“A writer is a dangerous friend. Everything you say, all of your life and experience, is fodder for our writing. We mean you no harm, but what you know and what you’ve done is unavoidably fascinating to us. Being friends with a writer is a bit like trying to keep a bear as a pet. They’re wonderful, friendly creatures, but they play rough and they don’t know their own strength or remember that they have claws. Choose the stories you tell to your writer friends carefully.” ― Randy Murray

Now that I’ve shared this, I can see the few friends I have dwindling to nil! 

Writers never get holidays. We’re either watching, listening, experiencing, reading, thinking about writing or just simply writing. Charlotte Bronte supposedly said: I’m just going to write, because I can’t help it. That’s exactly what I am doing these days.

Can you stop yourself from looking for a story? Do you write because you can’t help it?