I used to think that my ideas, thoughts and life experiences were less than those of the people that I look up to and am in a sort of awe of. I thought that no one would want to hear what I have to say because my life isn't some epic story or it isn't filled with all of these struggles and hardships.
That just isn't true. People want to hear about someone living a common life and hear their childhood stories, as simple as they are. That's what's interesting. Writers aren't writers because they led/are leading an incredibly interesting life. They're writers because they've got these grandeous ideas, these idyllic views on life that they must express or life just doesn't feel lived in. I have to write because I feel like I'd be doing a disservice to myself and to the world. Imagine if Bob Dylan or William Shakespeare had decided that their life and ideas just weren't as interesting as everyone elses. Just imagine.
I'm not Dylan and I'm no Shakespeare, but I have to put my thoughts out there. No one's thoughts are worthless. Some people are either not clever enough to express them or are too frightened of the outside world and how it may react to what they say, sing, or write.
Just write. I'm not brilliant, by any means, but I have to do it because I have to breath.
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