The Air in Me Lifts Passions Power
In my last blog I started a three-part series on the
importance of each writer finding their own source of inspiration…the
inspiration that creates the poetry, novels, short stories, plays and whatever
else it is you write, maybe even a blog.
I said that in my bag of tricks I have three sources of creativity
that help me find the words I’m trying to write.
The first trick in the bag that I mentioned was that
every writer must dip their toes in the pool of Life, you need to experience
life; including the joy of success and the drama of failure at least once.
This week we’re going to look at how the writer; you and
me, must feel passion coursing through our veins whenever we write.
Passion is such an emotional word, and little did I expect
to be touched in such an emotional state when two weeks ago I found passion knocking
on my door through the death of a friend. It all started when I received word that my friend and
colleague, Cal Brady had passed away.
Cal owned Calcomm Stations in Seaside,
Oregon (Licensed to Cannon Beach). Q949 was his baby and he lived and breathed its
success with such unbridled passion.
Cal had hired me over the phone to come to Seaside to be
the stations General Sales Manager, so the day I actually met Cal we were
moving the station into a new location and he was helping move a heavy piece of
equipment up a flight of stairs, and struggling I might add, so I came from
behind and helped him move slowly to the top. In every way Cal operated Q949,
he was totally hands on. Until he became ill, Cal was the GM, the Program
Director and he even did an air shift called ‘Night Train.’
One of the first things I learned about Cal was that no
matter what he was involved in, he wanted to do it right so it was not uncommon
to see and feel the intensity by which Cal took on each challenge. I only hope
that a little of the passion that flowed through Cal will also flow through me.
We writers need to see and feel that same passionate
intensity when we write. That means we don’t count the numbers of times we
rewrite a sentence, a paragraph, a page because we too, like my friend Cal want
to get it right. Have you ever been out some place, a bar, a restaurant,
and it comes to you, that hook you’ve been looking for in your novel? You look
for a scrap of paper to write it down before it escapes and even more compelling,
you can’t wait to get home to finish that poem, novel,
article or even a letter to a friend.
Remember, without Passion in your bag of tricks, your
writing will lack soul and never flow with heart and depth. That’s Passion!
I would like to finish with recommending a book that is a must for all writer's; it's titled, "Writing Down the Words" by Natalie Goldberg. This book will help keep
you on track as a writer.
Finally, thanks to Cal Brady for the joy of his friendship. And thanks to his wife Jody Miller.
In my next blog; The Air in Me is filled with Unchained Joy.
As always thanks for reading The Air in Me! (Said with
much Passion)
Dan
