An Unlikely Marriage Sparked My Writing Journey. What About You?
When Love Leads to Literature
Welcome into Flight School:
NOTE: Remember to click that link to leave a comment! I want to hear from you, but again, click that link
When did your creative writing journey begin? For me, it started with a guy named Steve.
The Collision of Opposites
We were an American mix-match. Me with a passionate nature. Him with a stark laconicism. Me with a focused intensity. Him with a laid-back-party-boy-why-are-you-so-uptight chill. Me with a complex past that included moving twenty-seven times by the time I was twenty. Him with a static past where he grew up in one place and never moved when I met him on his twenty-seventh birthday!
Why we were drawn to each other I will never know. It’s one of the great mysteries I have yet to solve. But there it was. I loved the guy. He was my “one.”
The Turning Point
When Steve asked me to marry him, I knew he wanted the full American dream: Home ownership, a 401K, a couple of reliable cars, a couple kids, and (for both of us) steady jobs.
I was okay having a reliable car (how else to hit the road in a hurry) but a house? Investments? Kids? No. No. No. As for a steady job, forget that! I had once been a forty hour+ worked as an investigative reporter. I left the news biz to work a far more lucrative gig as a freelance PR consultant. I’d never be locked down again.
The Unexpected Gift
A different woman might have said, “No. Pass. We’re not right for each other,” and let Steve go but as Jane Eyre wrote: “Reader, I married him.” And my “I do” opened a door to five published books, international bestseller status, and to understanding the profound power of storytelling to illuminate our lives.
Your Story Begins Here
Every writer's journey starts with a moment of recognition - that instant when putting words on paper becomes not just an act, but a calling.
✍️ HERE GOES: Share Your Catalyst Here. Click this link and join the on-going Flight School conversation: What moment called you to creative writing?
I’ll see you there,
~ Jennifer 🐦⬛
