Writers are writers because they write.
I am beyond grateful for my writing friends. I’m grateful for their diversity in experience. I’m grateful for the way their minds work and the way they all see the world so differently. My writing friends are amazing writers. Some of them I connect with on a deep level, others I have to be more intentional about finding the connection, but what’s important is that I want to be there as a fellow writing friend. I want to be there to encourage them that the most important part to this writing journey is getting the words on the page. There’s a meme going around that says, “You can’t edit a blank page.” Get the words down. Get the story out. There’s people who may have been waiting their whole lives to hear a story like yours.