Post by millring on Aug 29, 2023 20:01:27 GMT -5
Every time I see what Rick has done and the writing he's always up to, I admire him. At the same time, his ambition shames me at my lack of trying. Same thing with Marshall and his tenacious songwriting.
Epaul said it. I've said it so many times too. Writers write. If it's something you want to do, you need to be doing it. You don't need to be selling it or sharing it or publishing it or anything else, but you do need to be doing it.
And I do. I mean, I write all the time. I've had to think through -- maybe justify for myself -- why I like to write. It is first and foremost the way I think through things -- issues, problems, beauty. Second, I simply like words. From word games to word play to reading to hearing, I like words. I like the rhythm and sound of the written word. Beyond those two things, I use words to connect socially. I like communication. In the right mood, I'm talkative. And in the same right mood -- one that I haven't felt in quite a while -- I like to write to convey ideas -- to share our common humanity -- the things we experience and how we feel about them.
I've had an idea for a story for well over three years now. In my mind are the parts of the story. And maybe (probably?) I'll just continue to write it in my mind. So far, though I think the idea of the story is a good one, I can't figure out how to start it ... and part of that puzzle is what person it should be in.
I don't know if it would convey the common human interest best if I were to tell the story about someone, or if I should be the someone telling my story. It's fiction. So either way, my first or my third person is just making it up. I think that first person would be easier (for one thing, the main character is a potter
) because I think I could make the dialogue work better (though I'm not at all sure I'm up to the task of writing in other voices than my own). I also think that third person sounds like a plodding arrangement of he said/he said, he went, he did. But that hasn't seemed to bother good writers, right?
Epaul said it. I've said it so many times too. Writers write. If it's something you want to do, you need to be doing it. You don't need to be selling it or sharing it or publishing it or anything else, but you do need to be doing it.
And I do. I mean, I write all the time. I've had to think through -- maybe justify for myself -- why I like to write. It is first and foremost the way I think through things -- issues, problems, beauty. Second, I simply like words. From word games to word play to reading to hearing, I like words. I like the rhythm and sound of the written word. Beyond those two things, I use words to connect socially. I like communication. In the right mood, I'm talkative. And in the same right mood -- one that I haven't felt in quite a while -- I like to write to convey ideas -- to share our common humanity -- the things we experience and how we feel about them.
I've had an idea for a story for well over three years now. In my mind are the parts of the story. And maybe (probably?) I'll just continue to write it in my mind. So far, though I think the idea of the story is a good one, I can't figure out how to start it ... and part of that puzzle is what person it should be in.
I don't know if it would convey the common human interest best if I were to tell the story about someone, or if I should be the someone telling my story. It's fiction. So either way, my first or my third person is just making it up. I think that first person would be easier (for one thing, the main character is a potter
) because I think I could make the dialogue work better (though I'm not at all sure I'm up to the task of writing in other voices than my own). I also think that third person sounds like a plodding arrangement of he said/he said, he went, he did. But that hasn't seemed to bother good writers, right?
