Do you write stories? When we were all in school, our teachers assigned essays, and we were all writers. After graduation, only a small handful of us continue to write. I love to write new stories, and editorial blog stories, but I never try fiction or to relate my experiences. Do you?
My friend, Dorothy Volkert, is an amazing woman who still writes for fun. She doesn’t watch much TV, and spends her evenings writing stories. Dorothy has led an amazing life, being a nurse in the army back in World War II. She told her some of her story of misery and reward at one of our club meetings, and I wish she’d write a book of her stories.
This year one of Dorothy’s stories won first place in the literature contest in GFWC Illinois. And her poem won second place.
Dorothy told me she believes there is an author in all of us. Most of us never give her a chance to escape and see the daylight. She has encouraged me to try my hand. I think I’ll start by just relating some eventful day in my life. I’ll keep my stories in a special folder. I may never share my “essays” with others, but they will probably be a lot of fun for me to read in years to come. I haven’t kept a diary in over 50 years.
Then again…maybe I’ll win a prize in the short story contest next year.
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