Writing to me is an exploration of sorts. I suppose that's what it is for every writer: "a way to find out what you know," as a high school English teacher of mine would say. But it's not just a method of uncovering knowledge. Stay with me a sec and I'll tell you what writing means in my experience.

 

Experience is the biggest piece here. In first-person fiction, there’s a role play of sorts

happening. It’s a gate to experience the life of a character of a different sex, time, etc. In

nonfiction, when writing about yourself, the main character is still a different person from

you, whether they be from a time weeks or years back. Of course, when writing about

someone else, you’ll come to understand their experience as well (I’ll stop italicizing

experience now, I think you’ve got the gist). It’s for this reason that, in order to be as

true to others as I can, I go out and share as many experiences as possible. Simple

conversations and coffee dates aren’t just fulfilling for me, but are literal fuel for my work.

I seek out time with my family, my friends, my colleagues, my culinary coworkers (some of

them; others are shitty), and my mentors to gain a closer connection and, maybe selfishly,

a better arsenal for my craft. 

 

It’s my goal that whatever I throw together puts others in the shoes of people they may have never had the pleasure of bothering for their story. I hope my work will cause a chain of understanding for why people act the way they do or talk the way they do or feel the way they do. Most of all, I hope I’ll be in the same boat, constantly learning more about others and about myself. The writing on this website is a catalog of these experiences I gather on my creative journey. It’s a one night stay at a fifty dollar motel just a few miles down my road as a writer. I hope you’ll stick around to see what I have in store. 

 

Thanks for checking me out,

George