Sep 02 2009
The Write Stuff
Ok, it’s been awhile since I last posted. But don’t blame me - I took a long weekend away and I don’t check email or anything else online when I’m away. Well, blame me if you want, but that’s the way it is.
Anyway, when I got back from my long weekend I checked the comments on my blog and found that I had new comments on my post Cuts Like a Knife. My mom left a comment to bolster my ego, and my mom’s Cousin Betty left me an amazing comment (that’s becoming a habit with her). Betty suggested I try writing a book.
I’ll be honest, the idea is not new to me. Besides a few bloggers I know of who have written or are trying to write books, I too have thought of this. It’s something that’s been at the back of my mind since I was a kid. English literature and writing classes have been among my favorites in school, and they are the classes I always got the best grades in. I still have a lot of the stuff I wrote back then, and even posted one of my papers here on my blog. I have it in my blog post idea list to post more of my writing from school.
Writing a book is a great idea, and while I’d love to do that, I’m not ready - not yet. I think I still have some adventures to come that will help put me in a better position to have a complete book. I’d be looking towards a memoir or collection of anecdotes from my life, or using stories from my life and propelling them into a fictional chick lit book, which is a genre I tend to like. In the meantime, I’ll continue writing here. This blog is a beginning, a place to practice writing and hone my skills and test out what sort of stories would appeal more than others. Based on what I like to read, I am drawn towards stories in which I can identify with a character or situation in some way. I like complex, well-developed characters because I like to be able to figure out what makes them tick. Even if what I write isn’t popular, I like to know that it resonates with readers. As a writer, these are all skills that take time and lots of practice to perfect.
While I continue living my life and writing my story in my head, do you have any suggestions? Any blogs or books to read that will help me along my way?
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9 Comments to “The Write Stuff”
We want a book! We want a book!
Oh cool, I have my own peanut gallery!
I’d say write about what you love! Follow your instinct and find your voice
I swear I didn’t put Kaila up to that!
Betty, I know Kaila pretty well, and I know she operates (and how she parks!)
Zhu, thanks for the vote of confidence!
I park beautifully thank you! Didn’t I get the car into a space? And wasn’t it there when we came back?
Not a space. There was that little matter of the line being underneath your car.
Must be genetic. Cousin Jim (Sam) wrote a few lines after 9/11 concerning the forever changed view from his office. After reading that, I thought he should’ve been a writer. I, too, have often thought about writing a book but my thoughts are too scattered to put something together that would “flow”. Of course, I’d like to have a best seller but I doubt I’d ever write a the book in the first place. I think trying to figure out what would keep readers interested would be my most difficult task. My writing style tends to be boring and rambling (as is probably noted here). You, on the other hand, are neither of the of those and you might want to start collecting “chapters” that you’ve written and perhaps someday, organize them. I know you’d be successful! Alskar, Mama
Mommy, you should keep practicing. Write more on your blog, and bring some feeling into it instead of just writing something that happened.