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THE EXCITING JOURNEY OF Writing
​a Fictional Book

"IT'S A LUXURY BEING A WRITER,
​ BECAUSE ALL YOU EVER THINK ABOUT IS LIFE."

​AMY TAN






THE PROCESS - I AM ALIVE, I HAVE LIVED, I AM A WRITER

6/23/2016
​         On a cloudy and cold day, I dressed warm and went to the beach. Just to sit and think. What gives me the right to think that I am writer? The simple answer is "I DO." I owe it to myself to be the best writer that I can for myself. My experiences have given me license, and my determination the drive.

          Each day in my life, which I have lived, is but a page in a novel. Some aspects of my novel are lengthy, spanning decades, while other parts are far shorter. Each day is a page of my life, broken up with several chapters, which are but moments.

          Each of these moments an experience of happiness and laughter, sadness and crying, fear and courage, determination and tenacity, surprise and disappointment, planning and ad-libbing, victim and perpetrator, breathing and suffocating, hello and goodbye, acceptance and rejection, constant movement of ups and downs.  

          As I continue to turn the pages, I have learned about my strengths and weaknesses, as I learn to deal with my vanities and envies. Unbeknownst to me and during the creation of my novel literal fortunes have passed through my open hands. All because of my desire to keep up with someone else, or my neediness for instant gratification, or just plain shortsighted. Every day is page whether I like it or not! 

          Today, I can look back at anytime of my life and ask myself, "what if," and I am always secure in knowing, that a story will begin.     
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    Robert Stephen.
    What makes a writer? What do you envision when you think about that question?

    Someone sitting by an open window looking out over the ocean, desert, mountains? Rainy day, foggy, sunny? 

    My definition of a writer of fiction. A person who drives himself or herself to the edge of insanity when writing a story to the best of their ability that you the reader find entertaining.

    I can honestly say my life has been interesting, far from boring.  Land baron, restaurateur, photographer, artisan, author. A life full of ups and downs. A life full of stories.

    Along the way I've met hundreds of people, some interesting, some not. Some dangerous, some beautiful, some kind, and some cruel. During my lifetime I've even had my heart run over a couple of times, but when all of it is said and done I wouldn't trade it in. 


    Writing has always been inside of me, but the siren never called to me. I wasn't ready until one day in October of 2015 when life said, "Start writing."

    Writing is a long journey, full of many perils, but don't be afraid it is an exciting adventure! 

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