When you get a chance thank a writer.

Without writers, there would be no songs. Without a writer, there would be no books and no recollection of history.

There would be no escape from the trouble of the world.

Writers write.

They write about history. They write about truths. They write about what hurts and what makes your soul come alive.

They write stories that are real. They write about every feeling you have ever experienced and even those you may not have yet.

The stories they tell help you feel a little less alone in this world. They lift you up when you are down. They show you, you can do great things.

They allow us to live many lives in our very short one. They allow us to travel to places that can only be imagined as well as to those here in reality.

Their beautiful magical minds create a safe space for a troubled mind. The loving family you long for when you are lost. They provide the acceptance you search for when you are ashamed of a choice you have made.

Writers show us the beacon of hope and desire, a flame in the darkness, a way to banish hate and overpower even the hardest and scariest times with love.

Without writers where would our world be? Where would you be?

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Writing is a form of art and as with any other kind of art you must learn and use it every day to get better at it. I am not an expert nor do I pretend to be but I do love creating. I love seeing where my characters want to take me on their journey of discovery. For me, being about to create something when there was nothing is the greatest accomplishment. If you love what you do, that is truly the only thing that matters. Don’t give up on a dream because you’re afraid it can’t be reached. IT CAN BE REACHED! Keep trying and trying until you make your dream come true. You are the one who has to work for it but you also have to be willing to fall down sometimes. As they say, “Nothing in life worth having is easy.”  Keep going. You will get there. –DRB