Author Dr. Mitchell Gibson on The Passion of Writing

Nine Insights Cover HiRes Writing is one of the greatest passions of my life. When I was eight years old, I wrote a two page short story describing the emotions that I experienced during my parents separation and divorce. My third grade teacher read the piece and was moved to tears. She drove to our home, read it to my mother, and insisted that she nurture my writing ability as much as possible. We didn’t have much money at the time, but my mother took what she had and purchased a set of World Book Encyclopedias. Those books were the greatest gift anyone had ever given me. They opened the world up to me. I have been under the unending influence of the writing bug ever since.

Writing is one of the most difficult fields in the world. Most writers never publish a single piece of literature with a major publishing house. Most of our work never sees an audience wider than a few supportive eyes that love everything we write, even the schlock that we know is bad.

Writing is a force that grabs you by the soul and shakes you until you can’t see yourself living a single moment in this world without it.

So why pursue it?

Writers are the last of an ancient breed. In ancient times, we created plays and other productions that entertained audiences before the creation of movies, the internet, and dvds. When a writer feels an emotion, we have the capacity to capture it, focus it onto paper, and whittle it down until it shines like new money. At least on a good day we can do that. Without writers, movies, magazines, books, the internet, and hundreds of other forms of information and entertainment would cease to exist. From Shakespeare to Steinbeck, writers capture the spirit of life and preserve it for future generations. A real writer recognizes the force of the gift that burns within his/her soul, and realizes that every breath drawn in life adds fuel to the fire of the pen.

All of us would love to become New York Times Bestsellers. All of us would love to make millions, pen the next great movie, and receive all the fruits of success that come with the acclaim and prosperity of a successful writer. That power and energy fuels the fire to a certain extent, but it is not the reason that all of us put pen to paper. We pursue the craft because at the end of the day, when we put the kids to bed, the television goes quiet, and your loving mate says good night, we look forward to capturing the thoughts of the day on pen and page. Ten pages done by midnight equals a good day. If you have experienced it, there is no feeling like it in the world. To a writer, that is nirvana.

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About Dr. Mitchell Gibson

New Bio Picture Dr. Mitchell Gibson is one of the world’s leading authorities on the interface of science, the human soul, and the frontiers of human consciousness. He is the best-selling author of Your Immortal Body of Light, Signs of Mental Illness, Signs of Psychic and Spiritual Ability, The Living Soul, and Ancient Teaching Stories.

He has delivered addresses to many of the world’s largest conferences related to science and consciousness. These include, The International Science and Consciousness Conference, The Sivananda Ashram Annual Symposium, International Institute of Integral Human Sciences, The SSGRR-IT Conference on Advances in Electronic Medicine in Italy, The Southeast Regional Unity Ministers Conference, The Northwest Astrological Association, The American Federation of Astrologers and many others.

Dr. Gibson has been a consultant for Fortune 500 companies, Hollywood celebrities, professional athletes, A&E Network, NBC, ABC, and CBS regional affiliate television stations, newspapers, radio stations.

He has been a guest on hundreds of radio programs and was the host of his own TV show in Phoenix called “The Doctor’s Corner” for more than eight years. He has been a consultant for A&E for a project entitled “The Other Side”. He was also contacted as a consultant by the History Channel for a project entitled “Seekers 2012″.

Dr. Gibson was born in Pinehurst, North Carolina on August 24, 1959. He was born to William James and Mary Magdalene Gibson. One of five children, Gibson’s parent’s separated when he was 6 years old and he grew up in Ellerbe North Carolina; a small farming community near Pinehurst.

Gibson excelled in academics and received a full scholarship to Florida A&M University. He majored in Premedical Science and graduated at the top of his class, magna cum laude.

Dr. Gibson received his medical degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He then completed his residency training at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. During his last year of residency he served as Chief Resident in Psychiatry and received the Albert Einstein Foundation Research Award for his work in Sleep Disorders.

Dr. Gibson then moved to Phoenix Arizona where he became Chief of Staff at the East Valley Camelback Hospital in Mesa Arizona.

Dr. Gibson has been listed among the Top Doctors in Arizona in the Phoenix magazine on several occasions. He has also twice been named to the Woodward and White listing of the “Best Doctors in America”.

In 2003, 2004, and 2005 he was honored with listings in the Consumer Research Council of America’s compilation of the Top Psychiatrists in America. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, the American College of Forensic Medicine, and the American Board of Forensic Examiners.


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