Regarding Your Creative Writing Habit

          In recent weeks, I have noticed quite a few people say that they are not writers. I find this to be a most grievous fallacy. What they probably meant to say is that they are not a professional writer, or are not classically trained in writing. It is true that their work might not be on a professional level, or as well written as one who is classically trained, but they can still write habitually. I would state that all humans tend to be habitual writers. Even if their works are music, debates with friends over text, or just witty microblogs on Twitter, they are still working the same mental muscles. There are many explanatory works that describe the health benefits of writing, one such article is here: http://apt.rcpsych.org/content/11/5/338
           The issue I find most common in these writers-in-denial is that they have yet to find a muse that gives them that creative spark. In quite a few of my more recent posts, I stated that a lot of my creativity comes from listening to music. Most writers require a similar sort of muse. Something that they can focus on and infer their own creative story, without knowing the exact story behind the subject. Some people find that they develop off shooting stories from film, or existing books, or by looking at nature, or historical monuments. My personal creativity comes from music, and people's faces. If I find someones face particularly attractive or interesting, I will awkwardly stare at it for a moment, trying to think up what their story is, or what story their face fits in. You can imagine how that goes if the subject is keenly aware of their surroundings. Some of my inspiration also comes from personal trauma, which I explored in my last bit of short fiction, published last week.
          By now, you have probably noticed that the title of these post was aimed at YOU, but the rest of this discussion used plural pronouns pointed at the ubiquitous 'them'. That is due to the more argumentative nature of the first two paragraphs. This one here, is my personal advice for anyone looking to become more creative with their writing. Take time to explore different possible muses. Listen to albums, in their entirety, marathon several films, go on a nature walk, or even just explore your own city playing that dumb Ingress game, and notice the history around you (Personally, I'm waiting on Pokemon Go). If anything impacts you in such a way that you cannot help but feel some sort of emotion, take time to write. Just a simple paragraph that explores your emotions at this time, or, perhaps, it's a treatise for a story, or a poem, or song. Just create. Do this as often as possible. This will train your mind to view things in a creative light, and let your imagination roam more freely than those people we call 'adults'. Of course, we know they are just repressed writers.