“Take a second out to think about this: in your life you search and search for the right person for you. Every time you break up with someone you get one step closer to that person. You should look at moving on as getting closer to meeting the one.”
- Ian Philpot
Inspiration fuels a writer, and it can be anything they see or feel. For me, most of the things I’ve written over the last few years have been mostly driven by one thing. In my case, it’s all about love - or a lack of it. And I’m not talking about love from one’s family, because under the right circumstances, it will never weaken or fade away. This love I refer to is more personal, and in a sense, can be more poetic.
I haven’t been involved with anyone romantically in months - that’s right, MONTHS - and by the way, I’m still trying to figure that out. The lack of a romantic companion in my life is a big minus, and there’s no other way around it. Yet it does make for good inspiration for writing. And lately, it’s been a good fuel.
A couple of scenes from a movie (Hannah Montana: The Movie & Dear John) were all inspired by a lack of love. I also have seen my friends acts in the stages or concerts and even dramas, in which the lack of a romantic partner is a key element in their personalities.
If I end up writing a love story complete with a happy ending, it’s in a sense what I hope for in my own life. If it ends with terrifying results, it may only mirror my reality at the present moment. Whatever the circumstances, this void in my life has only fueled my passion for writing - to get my feelings on love and everything else onto the page, and ultimately, for people to read and see.
I’m sure a girl/woman will find me worthy to be her one, and I know that will come one day. Until then, any aspirations will just be on the page. A lack of love has given me new life as a youth. I only hope the fictional feelings I write will ultimately soon be a little bit more real, when the time comes.
