Writers are like Jesus.
Okay, so maybe we don’t walk on water (although with some skis, these days anything is possible) but we do have powers, and lots of them. Writers have the ability to make you laugh, cry, become angry and fall in love, all with a simple pen and paper. Most of all, though, writers have the power to heal. We hear your problems and we fix them. Just think of some of the journalists through time - Abigail Van Buren of Dear Abby, now that girl knew how to listen to her people. Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays with Morrie had me weeping like a kid who lost her best friend. They had what we writers come by naturally – passion, insight, chutzpah - (which means courage, but for some reason our Jewish grandmothers insisted on throwing Yiddish in there as if we understand it intuitively).
Most of all though, we, as writers, care. We see problems, but desire solutions. So, my request from you, is that next time you read something that makes you want to throw down the paper and cancel your subscription – just remember, we’re just trying to find our place among the gods.
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