Once Upona

  Episode Unknown.  And Yet More Questions, but a Bit of an Answer          Claiming yourself as a writer is staring over the cliff of an unknown future. Because what you compose, regardless of what genre it is in, once it's out there, it is no longer yours. It is being ransacked, enjoyed, sniffed at, laughed at, or being drawn to the chest in an  embrace. You no longer are in control.                         T he hours, days and sometimes years, that you have invested in your characters, your plot, the nuances and all the endless leafing through Roget's Thesaurus are for nothing at this point. Because it's not yours. Anymore. It belongs to the World.     And the benefit of this? You will hit the mark. Somewhere, with someone, whose heart you touch, who fears you  resurrect, who's tear glands you tickle, who's late-night-reading-in-bed brain goes "YES!YES!" This, though unknown to you, is your silent reward. And that's what we strive for so strongly. T