Tip and Inspiration: No One Can Stop You From Writing

Writing is fairly unique among the arts in that you don't need a lot of equipment or supplies. Of course a computer is nice, but honestly, a pen or pencil and sheet of paper will do the job. Painters need expensive paint and canvas, sculptors need materials, musicians need instruments. Filmmakers need thousands of dollars worth of equipment. But your writing can be just as good if it is in a dollar and fifty cent notebook as it is on a three thousand dollar computer.

Actors sometimes have to wait for the people who audition them to give them a part - or they can't play it. Ditto dancers. You don't have to wait for anyone's permission. You're allowed to write whatever you want, whenever you want.

So remember that. Even if you are discouraged, even if you are trying to get published and it's not going anywhere just now, you are already a writer. No one can stop you from writing. Ever.