Sometimes I wish I didn't write. Sometimes I wish that I had been a pianist or some kind of painter. Sometimes I just wish things were a little easier. However, that is not the case.
Writing is a cruel woman. That bitch mistress, who when done with you, confesses your crimes to the higher-ups. She is a lady noble as well, who you court with the utmost sensitivity.
Writing drains you. It drains you emotionally, physically, and mentally. At the end of the day though, it proves to be worth it. Whether it means nothing to anyone else, it means something to me. I think that's is how it should be; you should never write for anyone but yourself.
It is always good to have feedback; but what does anyone else know? They don't carry the same heart, soul, and mind that you do. They don't understand your tribulations and victories. Even the worst piece of writing in the world took some kind of emotional effort, and you should never be discouraged by any kind of naysaying.
There are no rules to writing. There are the basic fundamentals such as, spelling, grammar, and punctuation; but other than that it is a free-for-all. A bloodbath where you claim as many bodies as you want. You can do anything with your writing. You can escape to another place, mirror your life or someone else's, you can even create another life. Writing is the true definition of Anarchy. She knows no limits and has no bondage.
I wish sometimes people would understand that, however, I don't want to discriminate anyone who is happy with traditionalism, that writing is the ultimate creation. You can stomp all over tradition, cut it's head off and put it on a pike for the world to see. I try as much as I can to dance on tradition, just as long as it comes naturally. Writing should never be forced.
I never sit down with an idea. I sit before this machine with maybe one or two words in my head and then liberate myself from there. I break any chains that hold me, and then spit in the executioner's eye.
Liberation, I believe I have finally found my main point. With writing you liberate yourself and others. You may not liberate them physically, but mentally and emotionally. You embrace ideas, thoughts, feelings, and most importantly emotions. That is the building block of all good writing, emotion. You have to have life in your writing, otherwise all you are doing is leading a tour through a graveyard.
So to all writers, don't ever feel discouraged as I sometimes do; but liberate yourself. Create a new world, a revolution of the mind carried out by the flicks of the wrist because what we write lives forever. Not just on paper but in the hearts of all who have read and embraced your creations.
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Submission Name: Liberate Yourself
