Could that fire in your belly be the muse calling you?
Ever felt the desire, albeit fleetingly, to write a story, a novel, your biography - a book?? We each of us have within us a myriad of memories, experiences, passions and wisdom which crafted carefully could become a literary creation.
Yes, that means YOU.
Whether you scared your buddies to death with your ghost stories around camp fires as a child or if you find yourself day dreaming fantasies that seem like Technicolor epics more real than reality - your imagination could be playing host to a literary masterpiece. But beware! Pursuing the muse can be a trip to eye-watering agony. Creativity can be terrifying.
Following your dream can be more painful than wearing 6 inch Laboutins with corns.
I once interviewed Frank McCourt (the author of the international best seller Angela's Ashes) days before his first book had been published.
An anonymous, quietly-spoken Irishman, unknowingly days away from a tsunami of world-wide acclaim, seemed non-plussed by the story-telling haul he had been through.
Was it cathartic I asked him, to recall his impoverished and anguished childhood and finally get it out there?
"No", he sighed rubbing his eyes, "it was bloody awful. The ghosts flew out of the typewriter. I had to re-live every moment of it. Torture."
What was interesting was that it was not only the content of his book that was so painful and arduous but the actual process of writing too, he added.
It is true that many are called but few are chosen when it comes to writing something of creative worth. But more people than ever are called and I believe each of you who have felt the gossamer tug of the call to write should follow that whisper.
I have been privileged and humbled to have coached several clients who have gone on to write books.
Chris Smith with his epic bicycle ride from Bewdley to Beijing Why Don't You Fly ,
Lisa Clark with her classic Lola Love teen-help books,
Sally Morris with her novel Trick or Treat and the artist and
film maker Lou Hamilton with Creating Success all have followed the message of their hearts.
There is a whole universe of possibility out there, is it your time to take your place amongst that constellation of stars? |