On Writing

I enjoy writing.

I especially enjoy when others enjoy my writing.

It takes hours to write a few full pages; it may take years to write a novel that will be enjoyed for only a few days. But in those few days, you will manipulate the emotions of a stranger. You will move them to feel, to think. You will make someone cry, laugh, wonder; you will stir emotion in the heart of a person you have never even seen. You can propose a thought, sparking a chain of reasoning that may lead to a life-changing revelation, or a simple realization.

I strongly encourage others to write as well. If you ever feel you have something to contribute, don’t be selfish; don’t keep it to yourself. To know that you may change the life of another human being through your words is an incredible honor. It is enough for me to feel that there is a chance that perhaps one in any great number of people who read my work will feel a single moment of happiness from reading words that I have written.

There will never be a tale as great

As the tale you in your life will create.