This was originally a blog on myspace.
However, I think its worthwhile to repost.
Warning, It’s long hahahah
Today I sent out a small bulletin. Nothing SUPER special, Just a small reminder to my fellow writers.
Just a thought to help you through the day.Its HOW you write, not How MUCH you write.
Dont think because you are not writing everyday that you are not as worthwhile as other writers. As long as what you write has meaning, You’ve made a difference.
Emma S.
I was amazed at the number of people who wrote back thanking me, saying they needed to hear it, whatnot. Small little tokens that reminded me, WOW writing is a hard talant. Because Being a writer, is not about the job. You dont write for the deadline, you dont decide to be a writer. You write because you are driven to, You are a writer because you have to be.
I sent the bulletin out because I am on a new Community forum for writers, poets, artists, lyricists, musicians, etc. There was another young girl named Emma on the forum introducing herself and had mentioned that she likes to write poetry but didnt get to write that often. I replied with:
“You should never think you are less of a poet because you dont have as many [poems] as someone else. Its HOW you write not How MUCH you write.”
After I sat for awhile I realized that it was a really good inspirational quote, from myself to myself.
For those of you that don’t know, I am working on my first ever FULL manuscript. I am almost finished with the final proofing and have already typed up and printed my query letters and synopsis, and first chapters for the companies that ask for that.
While I have been working on that manuscript and With the recent move I have had, I find my poetry books with less contributions. I haven’t written nearly as much as I know I could have. I was thinking myself a bad poet, lost of inspiration and Behind on my work.
After I gave this advice to her I realized that I am not purely a poet. I am a writer.
My need to write is that to eat, to breathe. I am proofing my manuscript, and In doing so I am writing. Poetry is a form of art that helps me show the world the images in my mind, with my talant of writing.
In my inbox here on myspace someone wrote me thanking me for the message because they are having a hard time and its was nice to hear. In my reply to them I said:
“but being a poet or even writer doesnt mean you pop out a piece every hour or day or whatnot, it means you are a poet/writer at heart and WHEN you write, its because your driven to and need to share. “
After I wrote that I went, Whoah I need to blog this.
{See that NEED to share hahaha}
I realized that Yes I can do other jobs, yes I may never get paid to write, Yes life does not always allow you to Do what you love…… as a job.
HOWEVER.
You will never be told, You cannot do what you love.
I am A writer. I am a poet. No one can take that away from me. I may only write one piece a year, one novel a lifetime.
But that work will have my fire and passion in it. Because a writer is someoen who HAS to write. Who sees or hears something and has to write it down to share, or just to see. Maybe they just KNOW something has to be seen and therefore writes it.
They say Stephen King and Wes Craven write when they have nightmares… They are writers, they have to get the images out… They are just lucky enough to make money doing what they are born doing.
I guess what my revelation was, and what I am trying to share is,
It doesnt matter what you do for a living.
What matters it what you Live for doing.
As it is said, It’s quality not quantity
It’s HOW you write, Not How MUCH you write.
Writers are driven to write whats in their head. they have to or something dies inside them with the words that never saw daylight.
It doesn’t matter if its once a day or once a year, a writer has an amazing gift and even if they do not use it everyday, it will be there. Waiting like a dying fire, for someone to poke at it so it can flame back to the brilliant fire and burn the words into the paper of time.
I’m just really happy to be a writer today, because even if I never sell a book {which granted will stink for my pocket book} I will be happy that I can share the Unsold/Unpublished work with my friends.
I will be happy that I can reread a poem and remember the inspiration
I will be happy that I can sit down and write a blog that takes forever and is one of those long ones I always complain about.
Someone once told me they loved Hands on work. When I asked if they hated being sore after a long day, they said ‘No, It reminds me that I did a good job.’
Now whenever it feels like carpal tunnel {spelling} is going to kick in, Yeah it sucks, but it reminds me that I wrote a lot. that I got to spend time doing what I love.
Somewhere in this writing I became aware that I dont remember the original point I wanted to make. I was goign to write almost purely about not so much blocks, but when you don’t have time, or forget to write. That it doesn’t make you a bad writer/poet, it just means your human and you are still a writer. But I have realized that it’s more then that to me.
Writing is an expression of ones self, but it is also a gift that wants to be shared. Ask any writer to read their works and they’ll give you notebooks, post-it notes, folders, etc full of it. Look at any writers blog here on myspace, look at any community, group or forum for writers. They have to share it, because to them, it has to be seen.
Teachers need to teach
Doctors Need to help
Artists Need to be seen.
Musicians/Singers Need to be heard.
Writers Need to be read.
the list goes on and on.
Now I’m not talking about those who said… Hey, I can write blah blah blah and make money…. I can become a surgeon and be set for life…. Ohhhh If i write song lyrics I can sell them…..
No, I’m talking about the ones that were born with a need to do something. Those are BORN with a gift that has to be shared.
I am happy that I am talanted in many things. I am happy to be a wife and mother. I am happy that I love music and singing so much. I am happy that I can sit with craft tools for hours and be at peace. BUT
I am glad to be born a writer.
I am glad that I can see events in my head and have the knowhow to express them in detail so others can see them.
I am happy that I can take a regular day event and Put it to rhyme and stanza so it flows of the tongue and seems wonderful and beautiful.
I always have a reminder that I may not die on a golden bed, but I will die holding a golden notebook.
My work is golden because its a gift. I may not use it everyday, but when I do, It’s mine. And no one can take that away.
Emma S.
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