Just a bit of encouragement
Keep on writing.
Every day, write something to exercise your writing ability, whether it’s a blog, or your journal, or the beginnings of a novel, or a letter to the editor. Write something. Anything.
You may feel that you’re just not a good writer, and that there’s not much point in laboring over it. “Some people have it, and some don’t. I’ll be a good writer as soon as pigs fly.”
Hogwash.
Nobody is a “natural writer.” It would be as foolish to say that someone is a natural juggler, or a natural cabinet maker. Some aspects of it may come easier for some, but everybody has had to spend some hard effort learning the basics. And even those who are “naturals” have to spend time honing their skills (as writers, jugglers, or cabinet makers).
Nil desperandum! (“Never despair!”) The rewards are worth the struggle. No matter what your profession or vocation, the ability to use words well will help you. “In this knowledge economy, writing is the chief value-producing activity,” says Kenneth W. Davis. Scott Ginsberg goes even further, claiming that (for a number of reasons) “Writing is the basis of all wealth.”
All of your knowledge, opinions, and emotions have value, but they can’t do anything hidden under a bucket. Writing is a powerful way to tap into that value. And you don’t deplete the value by spreading it around; you multiply it.
(Image by Trevor Romain. Used with permission.)
Roy Jacobsen
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Thanks for the link love!
Nice drawing - did you do that? I love it!