Wake up writers

It’s the morning after the big presidential election.

Passions are running high.

As I write this, an historic election has not been settled.

There are minions on both sides of the political spectrum wondering: Why didn’t everyone vote for my candidate? Didn’t the message resonate?

Or even: How can so many people be so stupid, so blind?

I raise this issue because the election to decide who leads the greatest nation in the free world has been an emotional one, a kind of wakeup call for people across the nation for many months now.

Let’s face it. Politics, for better or worse, emanate strong feelings.

If you are a writer looking for something to write about, there may be no better topic. I’m not suggesting you launch a book about your hatred or love for a certain politician or ideology. On the other hand, it’s not a bad topic for a book.

What I am saying is you can find a subject that stirs you, that brings out feelings deep within your soul, an issue that angers, saddens, or causes scalding hot tears to drip down your face. A topic of which you feel so strongly that you are busting like a volcano to let it out and convince others of your side.

There exists no shortage of things to write about in this big wide world of ours. Life itself is complex, often with no easy answers.

A writer can explore these questions through essays or columns or even a short story or novel.

You say you don’t know what to write about?

The answer really is not as difficult as you think.