I’ve debated if writers are born or made. I don’t think it
matters.
What matters is that we encourage all the writers to write:
Their history
Their feelings
Their view of the political environment
Their view of important news events, especially if they were
nearby
Their view of life
Their imaginary worlds and the stories from those worlds
Their opinions
Their voice, flavor, texture
Their emotions or lack of them
Their family histories with as much detail as they can
discover
Without all those voices recorded for a time 50 years from
now when actual events are debated as taking place, the world we leave will
believe the lies of those speaking the loudest, or with the most power. We are
seeing that now.
History is being rewritten. Voices are being ignored. New,
unknown voices with the correct opinions and politically correct language are
being heard, promoted, etched in stone at the expense of quieter voices.
But it’s been that way since the world began.
Ancient Egypt was known for erasing their previous kings,
and not just the names and history of the king, but the entire history of Egypt
at the time of that king. History erased. History rewritten. Recent discoveries
of artifacts in unexpected places attest to that erasing. We are learning about
kings and nobility we never knew existed.
But we have no control over the future. All we can do is
write for our future progeny (familial or professional) and perhaps our words
will endure whether we get famous or not.
And we need to encourage those writers to write what we do
not believe because we would hope they would do the same for us.
Thank you, Virginia, Loretta, Shirley, Suzanne, and Ted for writing to record personal history. You wrote and wrote your heart and soul and a beautiful baby book was born.
May your books endure for generations to come and never be silenced.
Born – 10-12-22- 31 Days of Writing about Writing
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