becoming a writer

It's inconvenient to write. Why is it that the impulse to write always comes at 11:20 pm, when I should have been asleep by 11 pm to get my seven hours of sleep?

I finished "In Her Shoes," by Jennifer Weiner tonight. Saw the movie a few years ago, the one that starred Toni Collette and Cameron Diaz. Something prompted me to check out the author's website and she has a page that talks about how to become a published writer. I don't think most nonprofessional writers care about becoming published. We write because we feel the impulse. ha! "We." As if I've been writing much lately. Well, if what they say is true, "a writer is someone who writes," then I am a writer! :) They don't say anything about the quality of the writing.

Right now, I'd most like to write a short story or creative nonfiction. The audience would be my sister or my future kid, or really, anyone who I'd like to understand what has been going on internally. But mainly, the story would be my way of trying to communicate with my sister. I only hope that she understands the message. We communicate in different ways, and I'm not sure she's in a place right now to be able to hear me. Not through any fault of hers. One thing I've learned is that no one's journey can be forced.