Heartbeats.
Today I Skyped with my journalism teacher from Sydney. She is a bit of a legend. Not only is she knowledgeable and educated in the area of writing, but she has a way of bringing you out of your shell. She makes you feel capable. She makes you feel as if your writing is one step away from being heroic, mythical, distinguished. This is what she told me today. 'Brit, you can write. I know that. But sometimes you need to step out of a writer's mind and just type. Type what's in your heart. Don't try to write with sophistication. Write so that a person of any age can read your work. Write so that anyone can understand your view. Make it effortless.' I had never thought of this before. I guess when I sit down to write my thoughts, or in this case a profile piece about an undiscovered psychiatric nurse and his story, I dance around my words. I try to make them relevant. I don't just spill... More importantly, I don't just live. Until recently. This is my ...