You Inspire Me: To a Partner Who Always Makes Time to Write

Writing isn’t as solitary a pursuit as many think. Inspiration comes in many forms, but most often, it comes in the shape of people. All month long, we’re asking writers to write a Not-So-Secret-Admirer’s Note to the people who’ve inspired them to take up the pen. Today, participant Amanda N. Butler writes our final note to her NaNoWriMo supporter and fiancé:

Dear Matt,

A major factor of my exuberant “Yes!” to your proposal is our mutual support of each other. Since Day One, you have supported me through homework, internships, new jobs—and NaNoWriMo! 

One of my favorite memories will always be sitting next to you, frantically scribbling the day’s word count goal (because I like to torture myself with manuscripts in long-hand) as you wrote your play next to me in silent support, stopping only for quick, intermittent kisses. With you and writing being my two passions, I am grateful for this synthesis.

I watch you come home from work every day and still make time to write. In this, you have inspired me to continue writing, no matter what. You support every story pitch and give me a giant hug after every project submitted. Because of you, I am inspired to do something for my writing every day, even if it’s jotting down a note for my works-in-progress.

And for all this, I am eternally grateful. I can’t wait for the rest of our lives.

Your fiancée and not-so-secret admirer,

Amanda

Amanda N. Butler writes fiction and poetry. She won NaNoWriMo 2014 as well as four Camp NaNoWriMo sessions under the username arsamandica. She likes mythology, Rapunzel, cupcakes, and daydreaming of saving the world from zombies. Her first chapbook, Tableau Vivant, will be published by Dancing Girl Press this fall. She can be found blogging at arsamandica.wordpress.com.

Top photo by Flickr user cogdogblog.