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The Only Choice

David Gane
David Gane

Here is your choice: Write or don’t write.

If you want to be a writer, this is a no-brainer but why is it people who say they want to write don’t do it?

This is about your opportunity. Right now is the time because you can not be guaranteed that it will be there tomorrow.

You have to carve it out, find the time, and fight for it. This is a battle that you must win if you want to write.

The choice is simple. You need to write today.

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Co-writer of the Shepherd and Wolfe young adult mysteries, the internationally award-winning series, and teacher of storytelling and screenwriting.

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