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 which gets past lack of incentive, it is indeed possible to live the life of the writer as well as being a multi functional human being in other people's lives.
Loss of friendship.
If you were to consider the moments in life which cause reflection, hurt, pain and loss, losing a friendship would be among these things. The opportunity this affords is missed by many though when you are sensitive enough to notice the loss of a friend, you are also able to think sensitive thoughts and to write them down. Sensitivity plays a great role in writing and by writing those thoughts on paper, you are indeed beginning the process of living the life.
Loss of a loved one.
At this vital time in a person's life, the loss of a loved one is devastating. It takes the floor from underneath you and leaves you with too many questions and too much grief to be able to see clearly. What is also teaches you is the value of love and the emotions behind loss. Both of these attributes are vital to great writing. How would the tragedies of Shakespeare have been written without any personal loss? Losing a loved one lets a person examine their lives and make time to replace the time spent with that person, doing something new. Writing is healing as well as rewarding, and this is a time to write, since those thoughts are valuable moments which we should never forget.
New thoughts and processes.
How often do we hear people say they are a writer, though those who proclaim the loudest about their writing are often those who are the least active in the skill of writing. Their ideas are not working. Their thoughts and ideals on being a writer counterbalance the reality of actually living the life of a writer. Those who decide to process new thoughts and follow different avenues in their search for the perfect market at the true writers who live the life of a writer. Whether their efforts are rewarded with acceptances of rejections, these are writers who have learned the difference between thinking about writing and actually doing it. On a scrap of paper on the floor of the smallest room in the house, you may find notes made in a moment of passing inspiration. It is then that you realize the significance of your thoughts and become the writer. Those notes are the foundation of your opening of the door to a new person, one who has something to say. Those are the people who have learned to create their life as a writer.