What It Takes To Be A Writer

To be a writer,
it takes just a willingness to try
To be a good writer,
you must use your mind to create
To be a talented writer,
it takes years of practice
To be an exceptional writer,
you must put in the hard work,
be disciplined and have perseverance
To be an extraordinary writer,
you must take everything mentioned into account
and go above and beyond
But to be the type or writer
you always dreamed of
you just need to put your very heart and soul
into the creation of your words
and you’ll be
a writer who will resonate with the world

Stay The Course

You can have doubters
telling you, you can’t make it
There are detractors
that may sway you from your path
There are critics
who’ll scrutinize your flaws
And there are many other
that may cause you to have self doubt
and second guess yourself
You may struggle with
overcoming your obstacles
You may be humbled by others
who are more talented
and you’ll tempted
to drop everything and quit
But as long as you persist
and never let go of your dream,
that is truly the best choice
you can make for yourself
into attaining your goal

Continue To Dream

We all have goals in life
that we want to achieve
When setbacks arise,
just continue to dream
There’ll be people
who’ll question and doubt your intentions;
don’t worry,
just continue to dream
There will be constant obstacles
that throw chaos into your routine,
stay fluid and
just continue to dream
No matter who or what
comes in the path of your goal,
just remember your passion
is everything,
continue to let your heart, mind and soul
lead the way,
always press onward and
just continue to dream

Mark’s Writing Motto #50

The writer courageously puts their work out into the world
and bares their soul
in hopes of finding that special someone to connect with. 
One who sees how they see,
think like they think,
speak like they speak
and dreams like they dream.