First BLOG!!
This is a little intimidating, I have to admit. A blog... I can honestly say that minus MySpace that I have never done one of these before.
It kind of reminds me of starting to write a new book. There's no one telling you what to write, what sort of prompt to follow, or anything. You are on your own or "independent," you could even say.
That brings me to the sudden decision of what the subject should be for my first offical GoodReads blog - writing books.
It is almost a spiritual experience. I'm not by any means a religious person but there is just something about pouring out your words and soul onto paper that is so enlightening. You have an idea of what you want to write, what to happen in the story, and even what the characters should be like but when you first start you are completely blank. Then before you know it, all these words just start pouring out of you and you have no idea where they are coming from.
Then one sentence turns into one paragraph. One paragraph turns into one page. One page turns into several and before you know it, there is a pile of papers forming before you that ultimately make a story.
I've always heard the saying that "All writers write because they like it. Poets write because they have to." I believe that all writers write because they have to. I know I do, at least. Writing is an escape. For a few hours, or even a few minutes, you can completely forget your problems and become saturated into a world that you have created. Writers write because they have to express their creativity. We see the world in a different way than other people do. What most people see for what it is, we over-analyze. In a way, it can be described as a flaw. But, to us, it is both a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing because we feed off of it. We take a look or a sentence and look deeper into it, look for its origin, its cause, its effect, the reaction is spurts onto others. We analyze. Its a curse because sometimes it is quite hard to deal with.
Writers write because it is what keeps us from going insane. We love it.
It kind of reminds me of starting to write a new book. There's no one telling you what to write, what sort of prompt to follow, or anything. You are on your own or "independent," you could even say.
That brings me to the sudden decision of what the subject should be for my first offical GoodReads blog - writing books.
It is almost a spiritual experience. I'm not by any means a religious person but there is just something about pouring out your words and soul onto paper that is so enlightening. You have an idea of what you want to write, what to happen in the story, and even what the characters should be like but when you first start you are completely blank. Then before you know it, all these words just start pouring out of you and you have no idea where they are coming from.
Then one sentence turns into one paragraph. One paragraph turns into one page. One page turns into several and before you know it, there is a pile of papers forming before you that ultimately make a story.
I've always heard the saying that "All writers write because they like it. Poets write because they have to." I believe that all writers write because they have to. I know I do, at least. Writing is an escape. For a few hours, or even a few minutes, you can completely forget your problems and become saturated into a world that you have created. Writers write because they have to express their creativity. We see the world in a different way than other people do. What most people see for what it is, we over-analyze. In a way, it can be described as a flaw. But, to us, it is both a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing because we feed off of it. We take a look or a sentence and look deeper into it, look for its origin, its cause, its effect, the reaction is spurts onto others. We analyze. Its a curse because sometimes it is quite hard to deal with.
Writers write because it is what keeps us from going insane. We love it.
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