Reading for Inspiration

When all else fails, there’s nothing like a book to help you get back on the right track.

Writing is… tricky, it’s a beautiful amazing thing at the best of times, and it’s impossible at the worst, thankfully however all hope is never lost, and inspiration is only a page away. Books provide for us the inspiration to keep going, we read them, at times for enjoyment, and at other times for the strength to keep doing what we love. Because we know, no matter how easy other authors make it look, that chances are, they had as much trouble with their novel as we may be having now. Writing novels isn’t a smooth operation, it isn’t an exact science and sometimes there are bumps, and hurdles, oceans we must travel across to get to the other side. Sometimes it feels impossible, but we know in the end that we can cross any ocean because others have done it before us. That doesn’t mean that there won’t be times when we feel like we’re drowning, nor does it mean that we necessarily won’t want to turn back, the difference is and what makes–to my mind a true writer, is the drive to move forward against all odds. It doesn’t matter how much you want to turn back, as long as you keep pushing forward, that makes you an author. You keep going, keep writing, and let nothing stand in your way. And don’t let anyone tell you differently.