The art of
story telling is a gift. Creativity and imagination are also gifts not everyone
is given. They are given to us by our creator to enjoy. The arts make life bearable.
Being human,
most of us are pushing our limits with everything we’ve been given, and this
includes our writing. Frustration often sets in when we attempt to monetize our
gift for profit.
In a perfect
world all of us would be able to make a living using those gifts – and wouldn’t
it be wonderful! But think about it for a moment. Your imagination – the imagination
of a writer. There’s not many people walking around with worlds inside of them.
You are a
writer because you write. And your gift is no less valid than someone who is
published. Who is to say those who are published are happy with their end
product? We don’t know how much they had
to change their story on their editor’s advisement in order to get it published
in the first place. And if they were self-published? They are on their own with
the endless hustling for sales.
What I
am trying to say is that there are many, many hoops to jump through when someone
attempts to monetize their gift. Be
happy and enjoy it for what it is – a gift to you.
Write for
yourself, write for the love of writing, write to get your story and the
characters you create out of your head and onto paper.
Enjoy the
process, the creation of something from nothing: enjoy the creative high when
you create a new story line. But whatever you do, please enjoy that gift that
is uniquely yours.
Merry
Christmas & a Blessed New Year
