I caught up with a source today--someone I spent a lot of time with before my layoff. Together with her cooperation, I wrote the most important story I've ever written.
Tonight we just had tea and I dropped off some of her photos and some extra copies of the magazine she appeared in. We talked about politics, her community, what's sh'es been doing, what I've been doing. It was lovely.
And as I left, I had the same thought I've had over time, but I felt it more strongly tonight: I want to write good stories. REALLY GOOD stories. Stories about different cultures, about different lives, stories that change the way people see life. Even if it's a miniscule shift. I'm not expecting a Nobel Prize overnight. But I need to write stories people care about. I need to write stories I care about. I need to write stories that shape the world, whatever the size.
I need to find a way to do it.
6 comments:
I have faith in you, my dear. You'll do it.
You never know. Obama got one pretty fast. ;)
If anyone can do it, you can. It may not happen ASAP, but it will happen. And then we'll see you on TV or in the paper and I'll be able to say, "I got drunk off Sex and the Beaches with her one crazy college night." ;)
Sounds like you're on the right track. You've figured out what you want/need to do. That's more than I can say. Not to figure out how to actually do it...
Who's the person? What's the story? I want to read it!!
Go, Kate!
Love,
Your fans across the pond
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