Writing

What a an inspiration to all of us-all who have a word to say; be you a Nobel laureate, or just a soul who has a word to add to life or just a humble soul with no dictionary, no thesaurus, no idea  of proper  grammar, nor spelling. All is irrelevant-just write your goddamn story. Yes-we all do have a story to tell-a vision, a perspective and do proclaim the message from the "queen" or "king" for it needs to be heard.  Hidden-writing to yourself is is rather a useless exercise-as Thomas Merton said...so, allow people into your world. Write and allow it to be read.

“Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re writing, you’re a writer. Write like you’re a goddamn death row inmate and the governor is out of the country and there’s no chance for a pardon. Write like you’re clinging to the edge of a cliff, white knuckles, on your last breath, and you’ve got just one last thing to say, like you’re a bird flying over us and you can see everything, and please, for God’s sake, tell us something that will save us from ourselves. 

Take a deep breath and tell us your deepest, darkest secret, so we can wipe our brow and know that we’re not alone. Write like you have a message from the king. Or don’t. Who knows, maybe you’re one of the lucky ones who doesn’t have to.”

― Alan Wilson Watts