Posted by Serenity in Hollywood, things I love, Writing | 7 Comments
The Take-Away
Nathan Bransford once asked on his blog, “Why do you write?” And I’m not sure if I realized it at the time, but I now recognize that question as the positive other-side to the all-too-noticeable voice of temptation, Why don’t you just quit?
I have a document on my computer, and a folder on Evernote, filled with writer quotes that ring true for me. And I fill it with my own personal rules too. Things like, but not exactly – because this folder is just for me – I won’t follow trends, I’ll write for the love of it, No unnecessary cussing. (Remember these are variations on what I really have in there.)
Well if, and I’m not saying I did, but if I’d been recently struggling to find the courage to develop yet another story, The Golden Globes went a long way toward the effort. Because where you might see a really long commercial for current releases and several DVDs or perhaps a mutual congratulations club among a group of people who take themselves way too seriously as often as they laugh, I see the inspiration to work hard at this thing called art, to believe in what you do, to do what you love, and to say something now and then – something that will last or at least for a moment, matter.
When Nathan Bransford asked, I chose from his multiple choice that I wrote to change the world. But I wouldn’t say that now. It’s more like I write to take the good things in the world and make sure you know they are there. Or sometimes, if I can accomplish it, to take the troubling things and make sure you know there is hope.
And I believe you succeed at both.
Thank you Mama.
AMEN.
I agree with Kathy, you most definitely succeed at both. You’ve turned many a trying day of mine into one where the shinier side reappeared seemingly out of nowhere.
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Thank you, Tiff. I’m so glad.
To highlight the good things, and the hope. Yes. This is why I write, too.
Bob Stricker used to say about the ministry, “If can quit, you better. If you can’t, then do the best you can and see how it works out.” I think that applies to many of our vocations or avocations, we keep at them because something drives us. Most of the time we aren’t consciously thinking of what that is ,but maybe we should take time and do that more often. It might fuel our desires creative juices or whatever.