The need to write

Does writing a book absolutely obsess you?

Is the need to write a novel or some nonfiction book so overwhelming that you feel you might go crazy if you don’t do it?

Perhaps you are already a writer but often find yourself stuck or blocked and you miss many days of writing. Do those unwriting days leave you blue or angry?

Such feelings are not uncommon at all and are a sure sign that you really are a writer and that you should press on to become that author you always wanted to be.

You see, everyone is looking to fulfill themselves in some way.

Some burn to be an astronaut, a doctor, a champion figure skater, or successful business owner.

For the writer, it may be to pen the great American novel or the definitive book on some earth-shaking issue.

Your goals, of course, might be modest ones, but if the burning desire to write is there, chances are it’s not going away.

Perhaps you find yourself at age fifty awakened by a desire to write. You might have carried a flaming passion for writing at nineteen which you never fulfilled only to be stirred once again by these desires many years later.

Of course, it’s never too late or too early to ignite those writing aspirations.

Don’t pass of those needs to write as silly daydreams and the crazy yearnings of a mid-life crisis.

Don’t think you’re too young to write.

Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald were mere lads in their twenties when they published their first books.

Okay. Maybe you’re not Hemingway or Faulkner. Maybe you’re not a genius.

But guess what? You don’t have to be a genius.

The key to writing is to write, and to be you, putting down words in your natural voice – not matter your age, gender, race, or background.

Everyone has a story to tell.

Don’t you think?