So true! I especially liked “In writing to be read, we must step lightly across the beam, arms outstretched, to see if we can maintain that balance between sharing our story as we know it...” I could see myself on that beam!
Indeed, it takes courage to write, and then courage to know when to say you are done with what you have written - and realize that you are ready to take the next step to publish it. And as you mentioned, once published, it goes to the world, and the experience that you had written about is now open for public viewing. To write about private moments, and then to share such moments with the world takes intention, intent behind the action, wanting to bring the reader into an experience that they may never have...or perhaps in some way, it is a shared experience so that the reader knows that they are not alone. Either way, the audience, the reader, is experiencing through your written word. The written word can be so extremely powerful and has the ability to change lives and change the course of history. Taking the pen to paper, or putting your fingers onto the keyboard to begin typing is as Lao-tzu said, "A Journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." Do not be afraid to
So true! I especially liked “In writing to be read, we must step lightly across the beam, arms outstretched, to see if we can maintain that balance between sharing our story as we know it...” I could see myself on that beam!
Indeed, it takes courage to write, and then courage to know when to say you are done with what you have written - and realize that you are ready to take the next step to publish it. And as you mentioned, once published, it goes to the world, and the experience that you had written about is now open for public viewing. To write about private moments, and then to share such moments with the world takes intention, intent behind the action, wanting to bring the reader into an experience that they may never have...or perhaps in some way, it is a shared experience so that the reader knows that they are not alone. Either way, the audience, the reader, is experiencing through your written word. The written word can be so extremely powerful and has the ability to change lives and change the course of history. Taking the pen to paper, or putting your fingers onto the keyboard to begin typing is as Lao-tzu said, "A Journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." Do not be afraid to
embark on the journey!