Writing, A Dangerous Game!

            Did you know that writing is a dangerous game?  Think about it.  As a writer the world is an open book to you, and everyone in it. There are so many stories waiting to be told, and you want to be the one telling it.  Nothing is private.  A writer is always on the look out for inspiration.  He

becomes an avid listener to the conversations around him. A photographer to the images he sees in his world.  Often a counselor to  his  friends, hearing

all their private emotions and feelings.  Nothing is off  limits to you, nothing, and no one.  Often this can be dangerous.  People who know you will watch what they say when they know you're around.   They don't want to see their life in print, and their secrets revealed.  Of course you would use fictitious names, but they would  still know you were describing them, by the truths you reveal.. Often this can kill a relationship, and leave you left out, and  lonely.  You see so many story possibilities right before your eyes, and want to tell the world these wonderful, inspiring stories. Stories that you know would be really good set  down in print.  This can often be the reason a writer uses a pen name, changes the setting of his story, the town, or the city.   Or he may use different character names.  As a writer,you must be careful when around others, and often turn off your writer's mind, and just enjoy the company of those around you, no matter how the inspiration hits you, of what they say, reveal, or do. Your family and friends trust you.  Don't break that trust just to write a best seller.  It's not worth it.    That's playing a dangerous game.   Their world is an open book, but do you have the right to tell it!