I sat at my computer first thing in the morning, and the words aren’t there. It is as if the curtain of my mind is closed.
Try as I might, the words that come are dull and boring. They don’t make any sense to me, and I’m sure no one else could understand them. As I was trying to figure out what to say, I was reminded of an old movie quote.
Little Women was written in 1868 by Louisa May Alcott; it was noted that her book was somewhat autobiographical in its approach comparing her family and sister’s lives in the book. She was primarily trained by her father and his friends. Some of whom were Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Margaret Fuller.
While she had a strong background in writing, finances were poor and she worked multiple jobs throughout her life. Writing Little Woman is her crowning achievement.
The lesson from Little Woman is this: Jo Marsh did what not many other women dared to do. She dared to be herself. She wrote her way and with her passion and voice.
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