Pick a Lane? Or Go Off-Road?

I've always had a hard time making decisions. Choosing one thing too often means declining another, while my natural proclivity is to choose the paths that keep the route to other paths open. Which may explain my penchant for writing. As a writer, I can imagine myself into an endless number of paths. Sometimes, I write articles about subjects I can’t resist (for me, mostly art and artists), and sometimes I capture stories and poems about moments and places and people that I don’t want to forget. And sometimes, I just want to create some juicy roles that actors will want to play. The truth is, I’ve never been able to pick a genre, stick with it, and build a writerly identity around it. As a result, I’ve pursued a wide variety of writing projects — from playwriting and poetry to fiction and screenwriting — none of which I can imagine abandoning in order to build a singular platform or define my branding. Instead, I have decided to claim this wee outpost in the wilderness, where I can pick up ideas and bring them home to see what I might make of them. If you're intrigued by scenic detours and obsessed with points of interest, I'd love your company on the journey.