2 posts tagged “english”

On Writing

Stephen King

People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.

Chinua Achebe

 I've been trying to write something in my blogs for weeks now. But because I have a bad habit of procrastinating on blogging and other writing projects, I just haven't found the time to blog as frequently as I would like.

I have come to the realization that I am a really big procrastinator, when it comes to writing.  I don't know if it is just me,but procrastinating goes hand in hand with my writing process. I get the best idea and then I write it down. Write notes on it, character sketches. You know great, brilliant, Pulitzer Prize idea's. By this time I am so excited about the idea that I have to sit it down and let it rest. Well that's what I tell myself. I need to let the idea rest.

But I really think that my procrastinating nature as a lot to do with this behavior of letting an idea rest. Of course, once I finish writing an article or a story I will let it sit for a day or two and then go back with fresh eyes to proof it, but letting an idea rest when it's in the beggining stages is just procrastination at it's best. But everybody has their process. I had this same process in college. I would read the book for my English class in two days then start thinking about an idea for the next couple of days and then I would start writing or brainstorming on my thesis statement and it would be sooooooo brilliant. I mean the best idea ever, and then I would stop and the next thing I know I am in class and the prof is telling me that the paper is due in two days. WHAT!! And then I get down on myself because I would only have two days to write a 10 page paper complete with quotes and notes. Ridicoulous huh? Yes but that is my process.

There is a site that helps writer's who procrastinate..funny but I never would have guessed that there are more writer's out there, that have the same problem. We writer's are alike in alot of ways. We aspire to be successful in our craft and we scare ourselves into thinking our ideas are crap(maybe that one was just me..) and we procrastinate. Let's all unite in soldarity and start to work on this problem of procrastination.....uhhh...uhmmm...yeah well let's do that tommorrow..uniting and all that. I have to go and write down that brilliant idea that I just got...LOL!!

 Until next time...Keep writing..and procrastinating!! 

The Renegade Writer: A Totally Unconventional Guide to Freelance Writing Success (The Renegade Write

Linda Formichelli

"I write for the same reason I breathe - 
   because if I didn't, I would die."

 ~ Isaac Asimov

This is a quote that I like. Simple because it conveys exactly how I feel about writing. I love to write. I mean write whatever I feel like writing. A poem, a short story, a personal essay, even writing in my journal. I have always wanted to become a writer. I think that when I went to college, I thought that becoming an English major, would actually teach me everything there is to know about writing. Alas, I was sadly mistaken. However, I learned just what I needed to know. The basic mechanics of writing is essential.

 Whenever I would tell someone that I  my major was English. I would get this look from them and then the most obvious profession from them. "What you want to be a teacher or something?" I would politely shake my hand and tilt it to the side and say, "No, I want to either be a lawyer or writer." I would always get the responds, "Ohhhhhhhhh, well you should be a lawyer, you will make whole bunch of money."

Well I'm sure you can guess by now. I am not an attorney nor am I a teacher. I tried the dealing with the kids and the administration thing for a couple of years and that was not fun for me. So here I am a writer.  A person that churns out words, so that the whole world can see and wonder, where did she get that idea from. How does she write so eloquently. Or I guess that's what I imagine people say about my writings. I think I want what most people want. I want to fulfill my purpose. I want to write. I want to write words that jump up and bite you on the butt. I want to write words that make you think about a different point of view. I want my words to live and breathe.

I want my words to be like Micheal Jordan, original. I want my words to be like Lena Horne, legendary. I want my words to be like Opray Winfrey, "rich" with meaning. I want my words to be like Sydney Poitier, extraordinary. I want my words to be just like my sons, imaginative. I just want my words to be...this is why I write, to express myself with 26 letters that can be moved and interchanged in any way that I want. Its my life and this is what I do...I write.

Why do you write?

What do you want to leave in writing for the next generation?

...Keep writing!