Life always has a surprise in store for those who seek change. Creating a life as a writer can come at any age, or for any number of reasons. It may not even be a purposeful move. What is sure is that those who decide to step away from thinking about writing to living it, find within the land of words, a place where they fit and can function depending upon their skill with words to help them to sketch an outline to a wonderful life. The passages of time in a human being's life which poses the question to the writer inside every person are those turning points which matter. If we close the door to them, perhaps they are gone for ever. If we step back and create a life which includes writing and creativity, the corridors seem less long and lonely, and the doors to opportunity begin to open.

*Redundancy.

*Illness.

*Loss of incentive.

*Loss of friendship.

*Loss of a loved one.

*New thoughts and processes.

Redundancy.

One of the great doors to opportunity open when redundancy happens. No-one chooses to lose their job. What this affords the potential writer is a chance to live the life of a writer, and what makes it even more likely to succeed is the need to put food on the table. Using this incentive can be a wonderful way to stay motivated and to grab the opportunity. Whatever genre of writing you enjoy, find your place in the paid world of writing, and that redundancy isn't the end to something, but the start.

Illness.

During periods of illness often humans are inactive. Spending long periods of time in bed can lead the mind to wander paths never trod. These paths can become negative if the patient lets them, or they can use the opportunity to let their words do the walking through life, skipping through fields of clover where limbs no longer let them run. Illness is another turning point which allows a writer to live that life of writing. More time for thoughts means better composition. More time to reflect means better characters and better story lines.

Loss of incentive.

Those writers who lose incentive often do so because of imposing restrictions upon themselves. There is always something else which is a higher priority than self. What they fail to see is that the incentive has to come from within to live a writer's life, and that this can indeed be part and parcel of whatever their lifestyle. An hour a day in pensive mood getting ready to write words isn't as hard or unachievable as many think, and once a pattern is established

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