Writing has always fascinated me. I have been an avid reader since I was a small child. I have always enjoyed escaping into the fantasy lives created for me in books. I started picking up John Grisham and Michael Crichton books when I was still in the single digits. Reading Mark Twain was difficult for me because he wrote in the vernacular of past times, and my undeveloped grade school vocabulary could not process the distinction of the language. What has always fascinated me the most is how writers can conceive a story and allow words and ideas to flow from their minds. These thoughts regarding story conception and follow through, as well as my various fears and handicaps are what I plan to present to you from the aspect of a literary admirer
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I loved to play with Lego bricks when I was a kid(still do, in fact) but only when I had the directions to create whatever the box’s instructions had precisely laid out for me (as a 35 year old I just finished building the Millenium Falcon!). If someone was thoughtful enough to purchase Lego bricks for me, but bought me the “creation” set that was just a bunch of blocks with no directions, I was hopeless. When I was younger I needed to read to escape into an imaginary world. It was not something I could conjure up on my own. It had to be presented to me and I could then separate myself from reality and become fully immersed in the make believe. It has only become harder as I have become an adult and cannot escape as easily or as often as I did in my youth. Because I was never good at creating or imagining, I am always unsure of where my words are going. At times, I find myself even unsure of how we got there. Where did we veer off the path? Was there even a path to begin with or did we just start blazing a whole new …show more content…
I tend to not be an eeyore in most things. I think I am a little more honest with myself and erring on the side of not-good-enough over self-inflation will make me work harder to rise above my suspicions of ineptitude. I will know a good product when I produce it(sometimes). There are many aspects of the writing process that do fit my personality. They play well with my apprehensions. Because I am fairly unimaginative and not a natural-born creator, I tend to think harder about things than someone who is a natural-born creator. I do get flickering ideas but these ideas do not quickly or completely form in my mind. I have to research the topic. I have to dive into that world. I enjoy the research, because it is not my words. I allowing someone else’s narrative to influence me, to inspire me. I enjoy writing from this perspective. The thought that goes into writing is a fun exercise for me. I get to argue with myself and with the author before I ever put one word on paper. It’s never publicized. It will never come back to haunt me. There will never be a knee-jerk emotional response put on
I loved to play with Lego bricks when I was a kid(still do, in fact) but only when I had the directions to create whatever the box’s instructions had precisely laid out for me (as a 35 year old I just finished building the Millenium Falcon!). If someone was thoughtful enough to purchase Lego bricks for me, but bought me the “creation” set that was just a bunch of blocks with no directions, I was hopeless. When I was younger I needed to read to escape into an imaginary world. It was not something I could conjure up on my own. It had to be presented to me and I could then separate myself from reality and become fully immersed in the make believe. It has only become harder as I have become an adult and cannot escape as easily or as often as I did in my youth. Because I was never good at creating or imagining, I am always unsure of where my words are going. At times, I find myself even unsure of how we got there. Where did we veer off the path? Was there even a path to begin with or did we just start blazing a whole new …show more content…
I tend to not be an eeyore in most things. I think I am a little more honest with myself and erring on the side of not-good-enough over self-inflation will make me work harder to rise above my suspicions of ineptitude. I will know a good product when I produce it(sometimes). There are many aspects of the writing process that do fit my personality. They play well with my apprehensions. Because I am fairly unimaginative and not a natural-born creator, I tend to think harder about things than someone who is a natural-born creator. I do get flickering ideas but these ideas do not quickly or completely form in my mind. I have to research the topic. I have to dive into that world. I enjoy the research, because it is not my words. I allowing someone else’s narrative to influence me, to inspire me. I enjoy writing from this perspective. The thought that goes into writing is a fun exercise for me. I get to argue with myself and with the author before I ever put one word on paper. It’s never publicized. It will never come back to haunt me. There will never be a knee-jerk emotional response put on