Another Thing to Remember
As a writer.
We might not think what we do as writers is all that important. Not all of us are Nobel prize-winning wordsmiths, but that doesn’t matter. We try.
When you go on a trek, you ensure your shoes are worthy of the task. When we write, we present our ideas in a logical fashion. We’ve got something to say, and we’d like whoever is reading it to understand.
It’s important to make sense; otherwise, who would read your stuff? Have the idea, the germ of an idea. Then pull out some fiber to make it a better idea. Show how it relates to the reader. Card it, blend the fibers, spin it, and take it to your loom to weave a piece of cloth that will last 50 years.
But what about subtleties? What about the times when you, the writer, reads something that results in an ah-ha moment for yourself?
It’s like going through menopause. Nobody ever told me what it was like. Primarily, any medical people I went to suggested my complaints were frivolous and that I was being hysterical.
I didn’t appreciate being thought of that way then and I don’t like remembering about it now. But it happened. I thought I was alone.
When I began reading what other women had experienced with their menopause, I began to realize that I was not alone. I did not imagine the…
