From where do the words come?
I looked between the lines in the book trying to see the meaning behind the words.
When I was in school, I was taught there was always a deeper meaning beneath the lines.
The construction of the sentences and their order held a greater importance than simply what I read.
That is one of the reasons we went through English and World Literature, wasn’t it?
Ever since I started writing many years ago, I have always tried to draw on those inspirations to find a unique turn of phrase. I tried time and time again to aggrandize with alliteration, to ease a reader into an unexpected message buried like a golden nugget glistening from beneath a light covering of soil along the creek bank just waiting to be picked up.
Beginning with pen, then the typewriter keys, and now the computer keyboard, the letters flow from my fingertips trying to inspire, amuse, engage, challenge, and reflect.
I look to those who brought me to want to write: Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, and William Shakespeare and so many others.
They told stories of their times in a way that still resonates with readers as their characters jump off the page giving them a life. Those characters could almost pull up a chair and sit down next to you.
I have always wanted to write so the characters or real-life subjects seem touchable and real.
Articles, screenplays, books and columns have led me down an amazing path that allows me to search deeper within my soul while looking at the human experience and trying to find more than the words.
As I work on one book and soon begin two others, I wonder sometimes where I will find what is needed.
Within your soul, can you find words that are more?
Can you create a story that makes people laugh with ease?
Are you inspired by those you have met within your world?
Have you ever tried picking up a pen, or sitting down and putting your thoughts into words.
Who knows maybe you could be the next writer whose words span the ages.
Give it a try. Build upon the stories and things you know. Who knows, maybe you will be the next great writer.
