Your Authenticity Is Your Freedom

Dear Writerly Woman,

Just in case you've forgotten, I want you to know:

You get to write the story you want to write in the voice you want to write it in. 

Your story gets to be short or long. 

It gets to be well-researched or not at all researched. 

You can go for traditional publishing, self-publishing, or no publishing at all. 

You get to write it as a memoir or a novel or a private diary. 

You get to write it on a blog, as a poem, or in a Zine. 

You get to write in a room of your own, in a crowded cafe, or in your kitchen during the quick silences of the day.

You get to let it come into the world however you want it to come into the world.

The wonderful thing about your story is that it is YOURS.

You get to do this in the way that feels the most like freedom to you.

The more authentic you are with your story, the more fun it will be for you, and the more free you will become. 

This is one of the things I love most about writing. 

This craft has led me down a path of owning my voice and letting go of all the rules, because what I want most in the world is to be free, and for me, true freedom means getting to be myself unapologetically.

You've got this. I believe in you.

Love,

Emma

P.S. If you'd love to hear more about what it has meant to me to free my voice, listen to my most recent podcast episode!