With Prose - To the Death

By K.S.A. · Mar 26, 2011 · ·
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  1. I've been a Reader for as long as I've been able to put a word together. I was "the fastest & most promising reader" in whatever grade I was in. But all I've ever wanted to do was write. I even took a few baby steps, with a few articles in the school magazine...but nothing that really helped jumpstart me. So I went back to being just a reader.

    By age 12, I had probably read 50 of the 100 books in the BBC Reading list, a number I have managed to add only 10 more to in as many years. I've stagnated. Makes me feel claustrophic - like I can't get in enough air - but that still doesn't help me read or write anything intelligent anymore.

    I still dream of putting pen to paper, & weaving magical tales about characters I intimately know but don't have the strength to share. I don't know how long it will take &, given my current state, I'm not feeling very optimistic about it. All I know is it will happen. One way or anther - even if I'm 80 years old with arthritic fingers - I will tell my story.
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    Since this was my first blog post, I tried to give as good of an introduction of myself as I could manage. Although I'm sure not many of you will read it, I'm thankful to this forum for giving me this space. **bows** Arigatou
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  1. Bay K.
    Well, if you could find the time, energy and words to so vent, then you can find the same to write your story.

    Just start with a word, and don't worry where it leads, just go.


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    Be good, wise and strong
  2. K.S.A.
    I suppose what you're saying is not very different from what my mother usually tries to tell me. But you see, I have this very annoying problem....I have all the energy & words to vent, just not the positive kind I need to write a good story. And I mean this sincerely...my teachers & professors gave up on me long ago. I don't want to write a morbidly fascinating book like Miller's - we get enough blood & gore on the news. But I'm at a loss when I try to think differently. Any suggestions?
  3. Bay K.
    -- 1st, brainstorm and spew out all your ideas.
    -- Pick one idea / theme and ask yourself how you'd like to explore it.
    -- Start thinking of scenes / scenarios around that idea
    -- Start off with short complete stories.
    -- Think about the people, places and times that the story will need.

    Then slowly --very slowly-- start from 'somewhere' and start writing.
    It's not going to look tidy, organized or professional, but just write.
    Let the spirit of the muse possess you and just go with its flow --whereever it leads.

    Good luck.


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    Be good, wise and strong
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