Tuesday night I was very happy that I attended Bruce Conforth's interview with one of the Sweetland Writing Center tutors, as he shared his words of wisdom about life and writing. Conforth discussed the importance of being able read in order to write. He said that the two just go together, which I believe is true as well. You can’t be a good writer, if you can’t read other people’s work. Through developing a love of reading, we see how other writers are able to share their message. Bruce went on to talk about the importance of being able to tell your story. He said that you can do this through several artistic means-drawing, writing, etc. Those words hit me because I often forget that I should try to tell my story in life.
He was so sincere and caring, reminding us of the words Robin Williams once spoke in Dead Poet’s Society, “Carpe Diem.” He then proceeded to look at each of us and remind us how important we are as individuals in the world. This meant a lot to me. I think with everything going on around us, we can sometimes forget to just pause and focus on us as individuals. If we did focus more on us as individuals we might be able focus more on our story. Bruce mentioned how pleased he was that writing is starting to become more and more personalized,which is truly amazing. Writing is an individual, personal process that has a lot of meaning, emotions,and feelings. We all should get the chance to tell our story, but that will include hard work and self-worth.
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