Writers and the blank page

There is nothing more intimidating to a writer with a refreshed spirit than a blank page. The burdened and afflicted soul never has a moment's hesitation about where to begin; the story just tumbles out, noun over verb, so quickly that the pen struggles to keep up with the outpouring of the heart. This is the emotion behind great writing. It is inspired, clear, free from censorship, straight from the soul writing that moves people. Maybe it moves them to action, or to conversation- but great writing is a catalyst for a reaction of the mind and body: free thinking.
This free thinking, uninhibited by the thoughts, opinions, and perspectives of others is where a reader will either move forward or backward in her relationship with life but cannot remain unchanged.
The burdened and afflicted soul of the writer reaches out from the depths of a page to grasp firmly into the mind of the reader and demand attention. This connection across the human experience is the link that spans all generations. The realization that none have suffered less, or more, than we have, enriches and strengthens daily life.
The writer who feverishly scratches her pen across the page trying to undress herself from the dirty laundry of life's woes is never afraid of another blank page, but welcomes the opportunity to reach, to stretch out across time and space. Do not feel sorry for those who suffer sorrow- their sorrow will enrich and inspire your own life! Their words, grown from heartache, sprawling through one blank line after the next, are the effort to communicate life to those who are not yet fully living it, for to know real sorrow, is to hope for true joy.
Feel sorry for those writers who stare incessantly at empty books and blank pages. Their lives weren't worthy of living through a second time.



" To write is to live twice...." ~ Anais Nin