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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Conundrum of the Written Word
I am in the middle of writing my short story for shortstoryathon. Betwixt and between many distractions and the innate way my mind refuses to let words flow on the page, my story is nowhere ready to be published for public consumption. I continually stare at the computer screen and most of the time the cursor blinks at me. Ideas swirl like soft serve ice cream in my head, but putting the concepts into the written word eludes me quite often. It was been told to me that penning my thoughts places me "out of my comfort zone." If this is true, then why do I keep writing?
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Advice-jot notes down when you think of them...they can be one word even. Just enough to spark the flow once you have the time to sit down and write.
And you do it out of your comfort zone because deep down, you love to hear the reaction of your readers, who love to read your stuff. :)
Why do you keep writing? I wouldn't presume you're masochistic. Perhaps you just have something to say.
After reading John's story, I'm wondering what you'll come up with, though.
John, that's good advice. I guess we all need a little love. I think they call it self-actualization. :)
X, I figure the more I write, the easier it will become. My story is coming along slowly. I have the ending. So, I just need to connect the dots. I haven't read either Johnb or Michbek's contributions in order not to "cross the streams" as they say in "Ghostbusters" :)
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