I've invested a lot of time and energy into my novels, which I assume the rest of you have as well. It's hard to see it languish, knowing that someone else might love to see it. My son and I were talking about projects the other day and I came to the realization that my thought of publishing books inspired him. He is more into computers and programming then writing large novels, but it's the same concept. He published a pocket game on Google Play because I said I was going to publish a book. He figured if I, his old, stodgy mother could put herself out there, so could he. It felt awesome to inspire someone else to try and reach their dream. So here are my thoughts on helping you help someone else reach their goals.
1) Volunteer at school. This sounds basic but having done it myself, you never know who is going to get that little push because you were there to inspire them. There are many kids who do not have role models, don't have a direction in their life. Maybe one conversation won't change a life, but it may. It feels good to help them achieve something they wanted to do, but was to scared to try on their own.
2) Volunteer in after school or other child organizations. There are lots of organizations that can always use help and help kiddos reach their goals. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Campfire, even 4-H are always good places to help. Battle of the Books, (I think it goes beyond Oregon), is a good competition to get kiddos interested in books. Or if you are more robot inclined try the First organization. Soooo many years invested in that program. Aspire, to help those kids that don't think they can go to college or trade school reach that goal, as well. Even helping with sports can help kiddo stay on the straight and narrow.
What does this have with writing? Well, it may have nothing to do with writing, but it has to do with inspiring kiddos to reach for their dreams, to do what you are doing. Writing because you love to write and damn what the world thinks!
Happy writing!
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