Writing can set you free in more ways than you can imagine. I think that is why so many are drawn to write, whether in journals, letters to friends, or in works of fiction. Even essays and non-fiction writing can free you and take you away from the mundane world if you find that special word or phrase that brings your writing to life.

It’s true that writing is not always easy and you do not step through that “special doorway” into another world every time you sit down to write. There are many days that the words won’t come, days when writing is a true struggle. But those hard days are not the ones that keep us coming back – although there is some merit to fighting the good fight on days when writing is tough.

But what makes a person a writer is when they fall deeply into a piece of writing and the everyday world melts away. You are writing, and then suddenly you lose your sense of place and are more the writing than a person sitting in a chair writing something. What I am describing here is that moment when the words are just right and the images and ideas you are putting down on paper take on a life of their own… you, the writer, just seem to be along for the ride. This is a wonderful state to be in and it’s like magic. The words become more than just words and when you stop you realize you were lost in your own writing and more time has passed than you realized. Truly, like magic.

Those moments, the moments of magic, are what create writers. You discover that nothing else can quite give you the same feeling of accomplishment or take you to that magic place. Not everyone has this “gift”, the gift of writing, the calling of being a writer, but those of you who have it know exactly what I am talking about.

You are the writers.