As I grow older I think I'm beginning to lose some of the emotional intensity I had as a youth. I'm not that old, but I'm also not young. Time was that I scoffed at the idea of young people bringing emotion to the table, invigorating the older generation.
Somehow it's true, and it's catching up to me.
This past week I read a short excerpt from my niece's novel that she's working on. Mechanically the piece was good, but emotionally it drew me right in. That ability to immediately capture a reader in the world is something that I lack. I don't know if I ever had it, but I certainly have less of it now. I'm much more willing to sit through some long deliberations than I was as a youth.
So if you get anything from this post, think about this. Be excited about what you are writing. It doesn't matter what you're writing, just be excited. And don't be afraid to let that energy show.
That is part of being young and staying young.
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