how to write something true

Windowpane...compliments of Jack Frost in collaboration with Mother Nature

If you plan to write or paint or sing or dance this year...this new year...I hope you have friends who celebrated New Year's Eve by making a list of resolutions with enthusiasm, energy, and optimism, because this is what it takes to make creative dreams like yours come true. I hope your friends pursue their goals with devotion, persistence, and joy so that you can learn from them. 

I have a couple of friends who are like this. Artistic, imaginative, dedicated souls who inspire and encourage me. This year for Christmas, they sent me a poster titled, "How to Write Something True"...step by step instructions to make my writing dreams come true, taking it one word at a time. The same advice applies to you. Simply start by taking one stroke with your brush, by taking the first step of your dance, by singing one note of your melody at a time.

If you have a story to tell, especially if you are a doctor or a nurse, a therapist in any field, a medic, or an orderly, you have something true to say. If you are a patient or caretaker, you know how hard the truth can be. If you resolve to write (or draw or sing or dance) about it this year...this new year...you may be surprised to see what happens next. Affirmation. Release. Healing. So that you can truly live.

"All you have to do is

write one true sentence.

Write the truest sentence that you know."

~Ernest Hemingway~

jan