So when choosing something to write about, make sure it matters enough to you to bring it to life. If it won’t leave you alone, if you can’t shake it, no matter what it is, it’s yours to write.
Writing That is Alive
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Ron Clinton Smith
Ron Clinton Smith is a writer of poems, stories, songs, novels, and screenplays, and an actor featured in such films as We Are Marshall, The Mist, Parental Guidance, True Detective, Hidden Figures, Boy Erased, Just Mercy, and Charming the Hearts of Men. He began his acting career in standup comedy, moved to theater, and later to film and television. In 2012 he published the literary thriller, Creature Storms. His story, “A Pilgrimage to Dennis Hopper,” in River Teeth: a Journal of Narrative Nonfiction, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2014 and listed as a notable essay in Best American Essays (2015). His work appears in Upstreet Magazine, 2 Bridges Review, Litro Magazine, Black Fox Journal, and Isele Literary Magazine, among others. His second novel, The Sentry (2025), is available on Kindle. He balances his time between writing and film acting.