Writing is hard.
There are few jobs in the world that I'd say are as hard as writing. (Among those would be involving the Military--including being a military spouse--my respect goes to you-- or an officer of any sort (Police, detective, FBI agent, etc), being President, and being a porta-potty cleaner (YUCK!).
But writing is rewarding. There is little else as rewarding as writing.
As a writer, you must take on the professions of every single character you ever create. Every person...every story you choose to pen, you have to become them. You have to look into them to see them. You have to understand them. You have to understand people they are, the decisions they make, the reason behind their decision, their personalities. You have to step into their world, experience their heartache, make their mistakes, make their choices. You must choose with them to forgive or remain bitter. You must choose with them to heal or hurt.
And you can never give up on them. They may seem to give up on you at times, but you can never give up on them. Ever.
This is your job as a writer.
Sometimes it doesn't "work." It doesn't "feel right." Well guess what? They want you to quit, but how can you? How can you watch them--from their mother's perspective, from their son's view--can you really see them and honestly say, "I quit"? Can you do that? Because I cannot.
When a story surfaces--when I make the commitment to write it down--from the first word on the page, I am promising that I will see them through.
What about you? Will you see them through to the very end,
to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do you part? (Yes, I just used marriage vows. Yes, that may be overdoing it a bit...)
So,
Before you commit to this "writing thing"
understand that once your next word touches that paper
(or computer screen)
THERE IS NO BACKING OUT.
Do You Have What It Takes?
Are You Ready?
