Thought of the Day: Life in the Words

The more you write, the better you get.

The more you read, the better you write.

That last part?

Accepting reading as one of your most important forms of entertainment. The more you want to read, the more you will read, and this sets everything else up.

Because the more you read, the more you will want to write.

Movies can only go so far. CGI and visual effects can only do so much. Games can only show so much. Music can only be heard. Pictures can only be seen.

Books are imagined.

And imagination is limitless.

You have to get used to living a life in the words. Your consciousness is trained to imagine, to reflect, and to take shapes and letters and turn them into living, breathing people and vivid, incredible places. It gets better with every book read, and sooner or later you will have an imagination trained to show you images better than any $250 million dollar movie or AAA video game. You will be able to turn any story or any script into the most amazing blockbuster the world has ever seen, and it's all right inside your head.

You will have dreams about these places, and go to places in your head that the writer put down in words. The world in your head will become so real to you that you could almost touch it, taste the air, and walk among its inhabitants.

It's all inside you. That's the secret.

The more you live life in the words, the better life gets.