Tell your story. Tell that of others. Don’t be a writer. Be a Storyteller.
Consider a tombstone — a monument to one’s life…the inscription typically focuses on the years when a person was born and subsequently passed away, a person’s life is actually represented by the ‘dash’ in between (i.e., 1964-2042).
This dash represents the essence of our lives — the succession of joys, sorrows, successes, failures…If you could write the story of your dash, how would it read? Would it be full of regrets for the things you did or didn’t do? Or would it be a tribute to all that you attempted to do, be, and accomplish while you were alive?
– Anthony Paustian, writing in A Quarter Million Steps.
Find Your Purpose. Find Your Story.
And on 
Darrick Dean 