The 3 WHYs to ask yourself before you write

Writing is a wonderful exercise for your head and heart. You gain deeper insight and clarity into you, and that helps you serve your peeps and the world in a bigger, bolder, fuller, deeper way.

That is what the world needs.

Love is stronger than fear and when you overcome or work through your own fears, your impact and your confidence increase exponentially. Sometimes the fears are hidden and we don’t even realize we have bugaboos to face until we get to that point where we have to step out and say what our soul is really wanting to say.

Writing helps us find out what it is we came here to say.

Your point of view matters. Fiction writers know that you have to write from a single point of view and you can’t be bouncing all over the place. Nonfiction writers need to embrace that as well. You have a point of view on something that matters to you. You have wisdom, experience, expertise, and tons of content to illuminate your point of view. Good writing includes information and inspiration.

We’ve all read multi-page sections in magazines about finding a slimming swimsuit, how to hide “flaws,” and make sure you have a margarita before you go swimsuit shopping because it’s stressful and depressing.

If your passion is positive body image, your point of view matters and is needed in a world that teaches us to hate or hide our bodies. I saw a Facebook post that said: “How to have a bikini body this summer. Put on a bikini.”  Amen.

What is it that makes your heart sing or gets you crazy frustrated? You have something to say there.

It makes me want to shake some people sometimes who wear blinders and do not see how wonderful their life is, and how we have power to create our happiness. Living a life of joy makes my heart sing AND gets me crazy frustrated that others don’t see how they too can open up and allow happiness in. So I wrote a couple books on the topic.

What’s it for you?

I always teach to ask yourself three questions before you sit down to write – or rewrite. These questions can be remembered as the 3 Why’s:

WHY am I writing this? What is the deeper passion and purpose? What is the bigger vision?

WHY would anyone read this? What’s in it for them?

WHY am I the only one who can write this particular book/story/article?

Those questions keep you centered and grounded, and provide an anchor for you.

We all have a spark inside. For some, it’s ablaze. For some, it’s spittering and sputtering. When you write from your “this matters to me” point of view, it lights someone’s else flickering spark.

Books change lives. The first life to change is yours.

Use the opportunity of writing to have great conversations with yourself to determine what it is that you want to share. Let the ideas bubble up in you. Some of you know absolutely what it is, and some of you still need a little perc time.

Clear your head. Take a walk. Ask the three WHYs.

If you need help fleshing it out, give me a holler. Our writing heals us and heals the world. Let’s get to it.