A Goal for the New Year: Begin Writing
•January 3, 2024•
by Sarah Hudson Pierce
columnist
One of the best lectures I’ve heard was at the East Texas Christian Writer’s Conference in Marshall, Texas in 2014. The speaker emphasized that if a writer really wants to develop his talent the best place to start is newspaper writing.
I heartily agree, although I began writing poetry in 1981, while going through a nervous breakdown. At that time I didn’t realize that therapists highly recommend writing and journal keeping as a means of coping.
Even though I seldom write poetry anymore even though I’ve had three books of poetry published along with two volumes of inspirational pieces, I know the speaker was right.