I once read (and overheard many times) a statement that surprised and overwhelmed me. The statement is "You cannot possible have anything to say until you are at least 30 because you haven't lived." What I found surprising about this statement is that life is subjective and how we experience life is individual. What one person experiences in terms of emotion will not translate well for someone else. This overwhelmed me with anger and many other emotions.
Who can say that you have not lived until you are 30?
I say no one! Life is an individual set of actions and emotions. With that said, living is necessary to write. How can you write about romance if you haven't had romances? How can you write about poverty if you have not experienced poverty? You can get very close to the core, but to write the core...I feel you must experience it. That is what makes our individual voices so unique. Each author...each person has the ability to write by exploring their own emotions and memories.
It leads into "Write what you know." I say "Write what you experience in life." That way, you can share the life you have with those who seek to be a part of it.
Who can say that you have not lived until you are 30?
I say no one! Life is an individual set of actions and emotions. With that said, living is necessary to write. How can you write about romance if you haven't had romances? How can you write about poverty if you have not experienced poverty? You can get very close to the core, but to write the core...I feel you must experience it. That is what makes our individual voices so unique. Each author...each person has the ability to write by exploring their own emotions and memories.
It leads into "Write what you know." I say "Write what you experience in life." That way, you can share the life you have with those who seek to be a part of it.
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