Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Last night I was watching "The Bachelorette" and I was wondering what on earth is it that makes another person's life so interesting? Why should I as a married female give a crap whom Jen Shurtluff picks? I have my own life and not a bad one at that. Then it hit me - Becuase it's fantasy. In the... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, January 31, 2005
What To Do When You're Stuck
I'm sure this has happened to everyone at least once. You have all sorts of brilliant ideas for what to post. You sit down, get comfortable in the glow of your computer monitor, then - nothing. You had a bunch of great ideas - you just had so many that now you can't even remember one. That is what... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, January 28, 2005
The Day I Learned I MIght Be Onto Something
I still remember the day it hit me that I might have a talent for writing. It was my senior year of high school, and in need of credits, nmy guidance counselor suggested I take Creative Writing. I didnt' want to. I had already flunked the class before and certain I would flunk again. Little did I... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
We Are Insane... Yeah Baby
When you think about it..writers are nuts. Think about it. We get excited about people, places, and things that develop in our heads, and then can find complete immersion in those people, places, and things that, at least in fiction, don't exsist anywhere but on the paper before us. The littlest... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Voyage into Fan FIction
Right now as my scripts and novels slowly but surely tkae shape and are sent out to thousands of agents for just one acceptance letter, my main genre has become Fan Fiction. Fan Fiction is where you can take characters from anywhere, be it your favorite T.V show, movie, book, whatever, and write... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, January 20, 2005
Why Do I Write
Thanks to all for the warm welcome I've gotten here. You guys rock! After trying to analyze why everybody else writes, the question turns to why do I write. I write becuase my imagination wants to run for miles. I write to find myself among the insantiy of the world, and lose myself in the joy of... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, January 17, 2005
Why Do We Write
Why do we write? Such a simple question draws so many answers. As writers we dance to a beat of our own. However it is not a beat that can be expressed through music or color, the melody is in the words we use, and the rythym is the way they're told. The beat are those things we write that we know... Sign in to see full entry.