Writers
write!
It’s
as simple as that.
Unless,
you are doing this (writing fiction, that is) you can toss your dreams of
becoming a fiction writer.
There
are other privileges to savor besides mastery.
Mastery, without a doubt, is important. But familiarity
is almost as crucial as the former. You have to be head over heels in love with
your craft or you’re nuts to be messing around with it in the first place.
Time
invested building yourself up in your art–honing your craft–deepens your
connect with your inner personality. Committing a large portion of your time to
writing fiction eventually makes fiction
one of your deepest needs. You learn to make time for your writing, to focus
your thoughts and energy on fiction.
You
can’t fall in love with a thing and not be stuck on it–not be emotionally
attached to it. Your emotions are arguably, the best transport for your art. The
same is true about your art; it is the greatest vehicle for channeling your emotions.
Staying
on your grind, keeping at your fiction creates a space you gradually become
aware of and you grow familiar with your craft as a direct process. In this
place, everything is possible. It’s
the magic in fiction and it works
like . . . well, magic!
All
your dreams, your hopes and fears attain a level of intelligence and adopt
unique and personal expressions. Your fictional people come to life to a point
you hear their very heartbeat and operate on the same frequency with them. It
all comes down to the intensity of your dedication to fiction; you can switch
in and out of this zone at the snap of a finger.
It’s
the way things will always turn out when you make time for your talent, your
art and your career. You gotta write a whole lot of fiction (probably, beginning
with the short fiction) and keep at fiction writing if you want to come out as
a writer of fiction.
Writer’s
write.
Fiction
writers write fiction.
Keep
this thought always, at the top of your mind and you’ll be alright.
Let
your pen bleed!
Akpan
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