The Writers' Circle

I feel like I've come a long way since I first started writing, and though I know I still have a long road to travel, I wanted to  share a few things I've learned, some about writing, and some about life.

1) Friendships are fragile. They are always being put to the test. Sometimes they fail, and you are forced to leave friends behind, or you may even come out being enemies. True friendships are the ones that, though not always unscathed, make it out of the challenges stronger than they were before.

2) Nobody's perfect. I know, it sounds like a cheezy song, but it's true. In real life there are no perfect people, because everyone's view of perfect is different. In books, perfect people are boring. Everyone has their strengths and weakeness, their fears and secrets, and, my favorite, their lovable quirks. In books I love writing about those. One character may be unable to resist a book. Another may love cats so much that they adopt way to many. Everyone has a lovable quirk, though it might be hard to see or appreciate.

3) Writing is hard work. You can't just work on something when you feel like it, or when the inspiration strikes you. It's a 24-hour job. Sometimes, when you force yourself to write, to keep shooting out words, it can turn out to be your best work.

4) Authors borrow from each other. It's inevitable. True, you can't completely rewrite the book in your own words with the same plot and characters. What fun is that? But sometimes something in this book is so good, you have to use it in your own way, in a different book, or a background character in that book strikes your fancy as someone who might have their own story in a different setting with a new name and persona.

I might add stuff to this later on, but these are the main things I've learned as a writer. I hope it helps!
                                                              ~ Gate Keeper

lol fixed typos. Have I mentioned I'm not a math person? =P