Somehow you have to find a way to write the stories you need to tell, even if they are sometimes the hardest to discover, take the longest to uncover, and are the most difficult to write.
Somehow you have to write the stories closest to your heart, the ones made of the secrets that you never share with anyone, the ones that contain your deepest fears, your most fervent hopes and dreams.
What you have to learn is how writing stories that you need to tell requires taking a risk--you have to reveal part of yourself that you ordinarily keep hidden.
They require that you take a leap of faith and believe that your story is worth telling, even if people laugh at it or dismiss it as foolishness. You still need to tell it.
Sometimes it's hard to face your fears, to write even when people are laughing behind their hands.
Somehow you have to write the stories you believe in, even when no one else does, because the stories insist on being written and won't let you walk away.
Somehow you have to find the determination and dedication to keep writing in the face of every obstacle life might throw in your way.
Somehow you have to find the commitment to show up every day.
Somehow you need to block out the naysayers, the jokers, the doubters, and surround yourself with people who encourage you to keep writing.
When you started writing, no one warned you how hard or how long it might take to write a story. Now you know.
And you can't give up or turn around. You have to keep going. You must carry on. Otherwise, your story may never be told.
So, for the sake of your story (and your heart) -- keep writing!
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This is exactly what I needed to hear today! It has inspired me to start telling the stories closest to my heart. Thank you Bruce!
“...writing stories that you need to tell requires taking a risk.” Yes. And that risk is as much about daring to be authentic as it is about daring to possibly offend some people. This applies to stories in poems, too. I have recently discovered that at poetry readings, my most well-received poems reflect my long-unexpressed emotions about familial discord that I have only recently showed the courage to write about and share in public. Not only do my public readings of my most personal poetic ponderings evoke requests for my contact information or for copies of the poem, but they also feel like self-healing for me. Giving in to your idea that “you have to write the stories that you believe in, even when no one else does, because the stories insist on being written and won't let you walk away,” leads to self-revelation that often exposes surprising connections with readers via the universality of emotions within diverse experiences.
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