“At some point you just jump off the cliff and you do the thing, and the thing is going to be good if it comes from inside of you.” — Ron Collins
“The act of being a writer, the point of being a writer, is to find joy in your life and to bring that out of you.” — also Ron Collins
I have backed Ron Collins’ Kickstarter, which will give me On Becoming (And Becoming Again) A Writer and two other books, and these quotes from his promotional video have already been helpful.
The first quote is a variation on one of my favorite Ray Bradbury quotes, “Jump off the cliff and build your wings on the way down.”
There is a fun and a special kind of joy in writing, and I need to get back in touch with that reality/truth.
It’s the seeing a cute or clever turn of phrase and being delighted that it came from somewhere inside you — it’s the scene spilling onto the page from a chamber of delight you didn’t know you possessed — I used the word delight twice because it is appropriate to the feeling. Good writing is a joy, a blessing and, well, a delight. I am grateful that among God’s gifts to me are this ability to turn phrases and smith words.
Collins has already helped me reach inside to find that joy again. I look forward to the book, and more, I look forward to what comes out after I reach in.
