The Right to Write by Julia Cameron

This was my favorite piece out of the assigned reading.  I have always found it difficult to get started with writing, and I felt that the advice Cameron gives here was helpful to me.  She instructs ways to get started that help the words flow, for once you begin, it is much easier to continue.  One exercise that she suggests to get the words flowing is to make a list of ten sentences or so, each begin with “Writers are…” and the writer is instructed to fill in the rest.  Anything to get the words flowing is a good start.

She addresses a lot of issues that people face when trying to write.  Often times, people find themselves coming up with excuses for why they cannot write that day.  Perhaps time or life events will not permit you the opportunity that day.  She claims that she does not make time for writing.  Writing is something that must be done, so she makes time for other things. 

She also describes that there are not certain people in the world who are writers.  We are all writers, we were born to speak and communicate, why are we limited by a title?  She claims that we are all able to be writers; it is whether or not we assess the abilities inside of us to be the writer that we aspire to be.  Everyone is capable of putting words on a page, and to say that one is not a writer would be to make a blatant lie.  The ability to write lies in all of us, for we all are able to communicate.