Date a girl who writes.
Find a girl who writes. You’ll know that she has a sense of humor, a sense of empathy and kindness, and that she will dream up worlds, universes for you. She’s the one with the faintest of shadows underneath her eyelids, the one who smells of coffee and Coca-Cola and jasmine green tea. You see that girl hunched over a notebook. That’s the writer. She will never stop, churning out adventures, of traitors and heroes. Darkness and light. Fear and love. That’s the writer.
She’s the girl reading while waiting for her coffee and tea. She’s the quiet girl with her music turned up loud (or impossibly quiet), separating the two of you by an ocean of crescendos and decrescendos as she’s thinking of the perfect words.
Don’t lie to her. She’ll understand the syntax behind your words. She’ll be disappointed by your lies, but a girl who writes will understand. She’ll understand that sometimes even the greatest heroes fail, and that happy endings take time, both in fiction and reality. She’s realistic. A girl who writes isn’t impatient; she will understand your flaws. She will cherish them, because a girl who writes will understand plot. She’ll understand that endings happen for better or for worst.
A
girl who writes will not expect perfection from you. Her narratives are rich;
her characters are multifaceted because of interesting flaws. She’ll understand
that a good book does not have perfect characters; villains and tragic flaws
are the salt of books. She’ll understand trouble, because it spices up her
story. No author wants an invincible hero; the girl who writes will understand
that you are only human.If you find a girl who writes, keep her close. If you find her at two AM, typing furiously, the neon gaze of the light illuminating her furrowed forehead, place a blanket gently on her so that she does not catch a chill.
When you are afraid of the dark, she will guide you, her words turning into lanterns, turning into lights and stars and candles that will guide you through your darkest times. She’ll be the one to save you.
She has imagination and she has courage, and it will be enough. She’ll be your firebird and she’ll be your knight, and she’ll become your world, in the curve of her smile.
Maybe she’s not the best at grammar, but that is okay.
Date a girl who writes.
Because there is nothing better than a girl who
writes.
