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Why does one write?
For a limited time
Why does one write?
For a limited time
For the innate joy?
To mask the pain?
To tell or retell a story?
For a buffet of riches?
Whatever the motivation to slide a pen across paper or to
click keys and have characters pop up on a monitor’s screen, truth clashes with
fiction. Even if our brain were infallible, would we want to record the
minutiae of living? Would anyone desire to read it? The simple answer is no, or
at least probably not.
And then there is the horrifying thought that perhaps
someone else has said what you want to say or it has been said by others. Where
is the idea, the turn of phrase never before spoken or set forth in writing? It
is there. No one has had your experience, your perspective, your daily life.
There’s the richness, the subtly, the unique emotion coursing from your brain
to your fingertips. Whether it be a roar or a gentle nudge, it seeks
expression, your exquisite unique expression.
And, with high hopes, you’ve begun. You inch the pen off the
paper or press the “shift” button without pairing it with another key because
you fear the “right” word exists, but not in your mind. Don’t wait. Perfection
in the first instance is not your goal.
First thoughts can
be best, or fuzzy or out of context as the hand fails to match your mind’s
speed. No worry. Experience will guide you and the first recorded thought is
part of the required experience. The
sun shines every day at 36,000 feet. At sea level, there are lapses to allow
daydreaming spurred by cloud images. Both the sun’s rays and their blockage
frame the experience of the sun to give alternate and wonderful days not filled
with monotony.
There be no need to worry that your first efforts drive a
slow romantic dance step into a somersault. The journey into the box canyon is
not lost. The return along the same road can offer new insights.
Do not be stymied by literal truth. Even if there is such a
thing, differentiate between what the world may see and what you see and
sense. Be strong and forceful in all
directions. If you envisioned one story and end up telling another, that’s not
failure. It’s success.
About the author
Donan Berg, a heralded mystery writer, in 2016 won the
Feathered Quill 1st Place Gold Book Award for Romance. He’s received comments
from readers who said they don’t read romance, but One Paper Heart was an
exception they enjoyed. You can read a One Paper Heart free sample by clicking on the link or at major online book retailer websites.
