August 12

There is a tension, an excitement, a spark of possibility in all great conversation. If writing is a conversation with life, then we must bring to that conversation our alert attention, our willingness to be surprised. We must bring our writer’s world an open eye, an eye that is focused on the world around us and not merely on the inner world of our own concerns. Writing rewards practice. Writing rewards attention. Writing, like sex with the right partner, remains a gateway to greater mystery, a way to touch something greater than ourself. Writing is an act of cherishing. It is an act of love.