Writing Is A Renewable Resource
Writing is a renewable
resource but first you have to tend to yourself. Let’s compare writing to a forest. If you cut down all
the trees and do not replant, the forest is gone.
If you want to write, you have
to do simple things like taking proper care of yourself. Yes, even things like eating and sleeping right.
You can get away with it for awhile but not forever.
You have to order your life
a certain way. I can’t tell you how. You have to figure out what works for you. You will never run
out of ideas and the words to express them.
Of course, you have to regularly sit
down and write. There is no way to get around that. Otherwise the window of opportunity is gone. And
you can never go back but forward.
You also have to mull things over and permit
yourself to do nothing occasionally or something totally unrelated to your writing.
Some
of this requires empty spaces. Your brain is always working even when you are not aware of it. If you don’t
do this, your words will peter out eventually.
Writing is only the tip of the iceberg.
You simply pick it up at some point and record that which is yours. You live to write not write to live. If
you treat yourself right, you will never run out of ideas.