Write your own truth

“Your writing is your own truth as you are experiencing it at that moment. Even if you do not understand what you are feeling at the time, when you read and re-read your own writing, you are most likely to ‘crack the code,’ and discover new meaning. Those little black squiggles on the paper have an extraordinary ability to bring us to a new level of self-knowledge and awareness.”–Sherry Reiter

Author: Richard L. Fricks

Writer. Observer. Builder. I write from a life shaped by attention, simplicity, and living without a script—through reflective essays, long-form inquiry, and fiction rooted in ordinary lives. I live in rural Alabama, where writing, walking, and building small, intentional spaces are part of the same practice. View all posts by Richard L. Fricks