​My Why

​​Why I wrote Gut Feeling & why I keep writing 

​Dyslexia for a creative writer is a cruel disability. I carried a vocabulary in my head that did not match my spelling ability. I would find myself substituting words on paper in order to make my writing legible, unaware that this only detracted from my writing and the impact it had on the reader.
 
At the age of twenty, I was writing erotica poetry and also some general philosophy. Looking back, I can see the natural creative path I was taking myself on. Just like an artist, I was trying different genres and writing styles.​ At twenty-four, I sought help, determined to learn to spell. I found out that I also had a weak short-term memory. In short, it went in one ear and out the other! I worked on developing my memory with a therapist, which helped me go back to the basics and teach myself to spell. Towards the end of my program, my therapist asked me to write a diary to help develop my reading and writing skills. I explained that I did not like writing diaries but had written some romantic scenes. My therapist suggested building a beginning and an end to one of the scenes I had written. This was the birth of my first book, Gut Feeling.

That is my how, but what is my why? 

My why has an element of passion and defiance. A teacher told my parents that I wouldn't amount to much, and I believed that teacher  for a long time. Once I left school thankfully I listened to my parents positive encouragement's and thrived in the believe that I could do anything I put my mind to. Why did that teacher get the right to prophesize my future?

When I write I think about what I have achieved, I remember that I taught myself to, and the commitment it took. My why is, why not!

What is your why?       
 
Being a dyslexic in the world of creative writing will always leave you venerable to harsh criticism. My advice to dyslexic writers is this: never be embarrassed of your abilities, only proud of them. And never give up, keep teaching yourself and learning.

​You are amazing.