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McNab

Blogit is a blessing and curse to writers. It is something people have or don't. Many people do other things for decades and realize it later on. I knew early that I must write but then was diverted by people with less imagination than myself and wasted years editing the work of others who were fulfilling their writing dreams.

Now nothing is stopping me

posted by beachbelle on January 23, 2005 at 3:57 PM | link to this | reply

beachbelle

I have been thinking of the comment I made on your blog and your reply to ginnie and I.   I was thinking that perhaps it is Blogit I am obsessed with.  But after a whole day (and a sermon) of thought, I have decided that you are correct.  It is a part of our DNA.  When they are nailing the lid down I will be sitting up complaining because I have an article to write. 

posted by johnmacnab on January 23, 2005 at 3:41 PM | link to this | reply

Perhaps JohnMcNab

Writing can run deeper than obsession I think. For some (of us) it is part of us - in every fibre of our being - an obsession is more like an add-on. It is like people are obsessed with blogit but blogit is not within them and part of them. What kind of BS is this? Am I making any sense?

posted by beachbelle on January 23, 2005 at 6:17 AM | link to this | reply

beachbelle

What could possibly be deeper than an obsession, beach?  A generic trait perhaps? 

posted by johnmacnab on January 23, 2005 at 6:10 AM | link to this | reply

yes kelli ;-). I don't envy you that

posted by beachbelle on January 22, 2005 at 8:15 PM | link to this | reply

Unfortunately my crumbs don't come from writing, they come from.....mouths...??lolol

posted by Kelli on January 22, 2005 at 8:08 PM | link to this | reply

For unknown reasons I relate to that world view

posted by beachbelle on January 22, 2005 at 7:20 PM | link to this | reply

It's our Scottish Canuck backgrounds Beach!

;)

posted by ginnieb on January 22, 2005 at 7:17 PM | link to this | reply

Ginnie and JohnMcnab

See how similar your answers are? Obsession? No this runs deeper than that.

posted by beachbelle on January 22, 2005 at 7:12 PM | link to this | reply

Is it an obsession?

I too think about writing all the time...every trip, every event, everything that happens to me or someone else I think could be turned into a story. Sometimes I feel like a writer; sometimes like a fraud.

posted by ginnieb on January 22, 2005 at 7:05 PM | link to this | reply

beachbelle

I don't know whether I write or I am a writer.  I do know that every action or thought I have is scanned to see if it is suitable for inclusion in a story or article. 

posted by johnmacnab on January 22, 2005 at 7:02 PM | link to this | reply

Moondawg

Yes. You have to go through this to know

posted by beachbelle on January 22, 2005 at 6:52 PM | link to this | reply

This is the existence of

any true artist. Our life is our art and everything becomes second in line. Then we wonder why we have all of these little mental glitches that are constantly plaguing us.

posted by Moondawg on January 22, 2005 at 4:20 PM | link to this | reply

Renigade3

So you can blame for future tortures. I am cruel like that as I have set a few down the path

posted by beachbelle on January 22, 2005 at 12:36 PM | link to this | reply

Food4thought

the freelance lifestyle is not for everyone. It is intensely hard work. You can never rest on your laurels, you have to keep at it.
This is why I am pursuing longer term projects such as my book idea as then I could have some respite from producing articles. I will check out McManus

posted by beachbelle on January 22, 2005 at 12:33 PM | link to this | reply

Tapsel-T

When I was at my most addicted to blogging a friend of mine did think I wasn't talking to her because of my opinion of something she had done. Luckily she understood when I explained.

posted by beachbelle on January 22, 2005 at 12:27 PM | link to this | reply

Word.smith

You are very wise. I have to do that too. My son in particular is very demanding much more than my daugher

posted by beachbelle on January 22, 2005 at 12:23 PM | link to this | reply

Chris2303

I can't say yet. I had cancer but have not finished a novel.

posted by beachbelle on January 22, 2005 at 12:22 PM | link to this | reply

Oceandancer. I am the same with the articles

I need to meditate more on stories

posted by beachbelle on January 22, 2005 at 12:21 PM | link to this | reply

Holygrail. Enjoying writing is the most important thing. I hope idea pops

up again one day

posted by beachbelle on January 22, 2005 at 12:18 PM | link to this | reply

Wonderful post...

By the way, thanks for your previous advice.  I now have nailed my first two professional writing jobs.  I look forward to a tortured existence...

posted by Renigade on January 22, 2005 at 11:16 AM | link to this | reply

Well, I'm certainly not going to quit my day job then...

One of the reasons I dropped out of a magazine article writing class was I realized being a freelancer was more about spitting out quantity than quality.  That's simply not how I imagined it or how I was ready to invest my time.  Oh, by the way the instructor was Pat McManus which tells you how smart I was back then.  Pat is legend in the PNW and if you ever read him you would see why I like him.

posted by food4thought on January 22, 2005 at 8:54 AM | link to this | reply

Beachbelle - Just reading and commenting and writing blog posts on Blogit sometimes keeps me from simply returning newsy emails to friends.  When they chastize me for not writing it makes me feel bad that I am neglecting them.   "Writing is a lonely job" (I think it was Louis LaMour who said that).   He should know, I think he wrote a jillion western books that were all quite popular. 

posted by TAPS. on January 22, 2005 at 8:42 AM | link to this | reply

I've seen a little of how that works and so

I ensure my son gets his storytime and whatever he needs before I think of approaching the computer in the evenings. If he needs a lot of time, I don't even think about sitting down here.

posted by word.smith on January 22, 2005 at 8:32 AM | link to this | reply

hello beachbelle

posted by _Symphony_ on January 22, 2005 at 8:08 AM | link to this | reply

beachbelle

I think George Orwell once compared writing a novel to fighting an illness like cancer.  Sounds about right...

posted by chris2303 on January 22, 2005 at 7:40 AM | link to this | reply

Hmmmm....

If I didn't have a need to write articles, meet the deadline, to get the info out and be paid, I'd likely never write them.

Stories though. Because they're not business in any way, they are more like fun and playtime. And the intense editing part, mmm, like focused meditation.

Er...is that supper burning again?

posted by Oceandancer on January 22, 2005 at 6:58 AM | link to this | reply

I am definitely not a writer, though I like to write.  I think I did fancy myself a writer 11 years ago when I wrote my book (that I later destroyed, all 350 pages of it.)  Now I just write short stories for fun.  However, if a novel idea were to finally pop into my head again, that might change.  Being alone is conducive to the lifestyle, after all.   

posted by Holy_Grail on January 22, 2005 at 6:57 AM | link to this | reply