Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Fri, Jan 23 2009
Fully writing
I took an important step today in handling something that has been an issue for quite awhile now. This step involved finishing and mailing off a piece of writing that was both a personal communication and a release of something I had taken on the burden of holding in order to protect someone else who is dear to my heart. I can't control what they do with that piece of writing, any more than I can control what I write for any reader to read. Reading someone else's work can disappoint, anger, confuse, sadden, gladden and inspire. The words we put together have to be reassembled on the other end with that particular reader's set of background, intellect and emotional filters. Writers balance daring and conscience with the stroke of a pen or tap of a key.
One of the ways you know for certain that you are a writer is that writing something down gives you a sense of relief, a sense of healing and a sense of gratitude, all at the same time. Another way is that once you've written something down you wonder why you didn't do it sooner. A third way is that you're energized and can hardly wait to begin the next writing adventure. A fourth is that every other task in your life becomes more focused and stable. I've noticed that these same things often come to any person when he or she basks in the warmth of God's love and grace. And in both cases, if we deny ourselves the full experience, we risk losing our personal balance of daring and conscience.
posted at: 14:36 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
I took an important step today in handling something that has been an issue for quite awhile now. This step involved finishing and mailing off a piece of writing that was both a personal communication and a release of something I had taken on the burden of holding in order to protect someone else who is dear to my heart. I can't control what they do with that piece of writing, any more than I can control what I write for any reader to read. Reading someone else's work can disappoint, anger, confuse, sadden, gladden and inspire. The words we put together have to be reassembled on the other end with that particular reader's set of background, intellect and emotional filters. Writers balance daring and conscience with the stroke of a pen or tap of a key.
One of the ways you know for certain that you are a writer is that writing something down gives you a sense of relief, a sense of healing and a sense of gratitude, all at the same time. Another way is that once you've written something down you wonder why you didn't do it sooner. A third way is that you're energized and can hardly wait to begin the next writing adventure. A fourth is that every other task in your life becomes more focused and stable. I've noticed that these same things often come to any person when he or she basks in the warmth of God's love and grace. And in both cases, if we deny ourselves the full experience, we risk losing our personal balance of daring and conscience.
posted at: 14:36 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
