Do most writers start writing because they want to teach readers something? I think I did. Then when I realized writing is So Very Hard, I shifted to hoping I might merely bring some people hope. But I started to realize no one without hope really reads books. So eventually, I think maybe I was only writing for myself, as a natural response to
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“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” – Horace Christmas already feels long since past. With its noise and bluster, I’m never entirely sad to see it go. The family, the house, the food and drink, the schedules and music can finally all return to normal. School routines will begin again. The
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In writing your story, you’ll come across so many distractions online, from self-publishing blogs to highly-rated writing courses, and 2-for-1 “essential” ebooks for writing with passion. But forget all that. All you need is what’s already inside you: that true passion you feel for your story. Passion is simply your greatest essential for starting a fire in someone else. One of Sheri’s
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It may come as a shock, but I’m easily distractible. It’s not something I’m proud of. Especially knowing how much my work depends on writers showing up and keeping up despite the battering hurricane of demands and requests that fly in through every open window. It can grow dark quickly underneath the pile of debris atop the little flame of
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Sometimes, you won’t have a lot of time. The words will just have to show up ready, preformed. Packaged. That’s how it is in life. It doesn’t always send you what would thrill you. I’ve had it happen enough times now though–you don’t always realize what’s going to make you happiest. And it isn’t only writing that’s like that. Charlotte
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