Writing isn’t something that you do
It is something you become.
You let in experiences
Good and bad.
You let the softest parts of yourself
Be bruised and healed.
You insert yourself into other worlds
Risking losing yourself, now and then.
You devour words for their potential,
Not their concrete meanings.
And you surrender to the scariest moments,
In which you will doubt yourself intensely.
Because it is in those moments,
Between the dark, the light and the fear,
When a writer is born.
-sandy.
Love this! Beautiful.
Thank you so much, that’s always wonderful to hear…makes my day.
-sandy.
This is beautiful!
Thank you so much for reading. Never sure how it’s going to sound to others…glad you enjoyed it.
-sandy.
Beautiful, but even as I read it I got a feeling that it is, or should be, more true of a fiction writer than of a feature writer, and of a feature writer than of a news journalist.
That’s not to say that a newsie shouldn’t sometimes write heartfelt pieces, but that their main job is, quoting from Bruce Dern as “The Detective in “The Driver”, “giving the winners and losers, and the scores”.
Ah, yes, and therein lies my little secret: the things I’m “paid” to write are the polar opposite of what I actually love to write, which is creative non-fiction, mixed in with some fiction. Truth is, I’m a bit shy to put my labor of love out there…so I try in small bits, like this poem. Thanks, as always, for reading and sharing your thoughts.
-sandy.