Ink and trees.

Through colorful vernacular and vivid imagery a book becomes no longer words on a page, it becomes a story and it takes on a life of it's own. A good book makes you feel like you are apart of the action and the romance. You are no longer just on observer but, a participant. The ideas and themes presented in novels strike a chord with our emotions and challenges our intellect. It causes us to think and feel. The characters written aren't some impersonal, unreliable being. They are deep, rich characters with heart, soul, and personality. They often are so real that you, yourself could envision them walking down the street. By the end of a book you feel as if you know them and those characters have become you best friends. You know almost everything about them. And what you don't know, you make up. Most characters that we are drawn to, in great works of literature, embody qualities that we wish we had ourselves.

One author can achieve all of this with two ordinary and simple things.
A pen and a paper.
I hope to one day to be an author and to achieve such things.
I have a pen and I have a piece of paper... I am on my way.