This morning I ran in the rain. I hate running, and I hate the rain. So I knew it was going to be a great day from the start. But, I'm trying to be healthy, and it didn't start raining until during my run, so there it was. The first drops were miserable. This was my first time running in the rain. So, I didn't know that I would come to enjoy it. And I'm glad I did it.
In terms of bad analogies, I think writing is like running in the rain. It sucks to stare at that blank page, brainstorming, waiting for that first trickle of inspiration to hit the page, and being miserable that it wasn't as brilliant as you first thought; going back and hammering it out until finally a deluge of letters fill the page. Like a torrent of rain. It feels good to write.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
My First Blog Post
Blogs are like rear-ends. Everyone has one. And they all stink. So here's mine. I'm not asking you to smell it, or to accept my writing as anything more than flatulent purple prose, I'm just wanting this to exist. This blog is my way of venting, voicing opinions and is a vehicle to conquer my fears. As everyone has an opinion, what really makes one opinion stand out? Since there are many mediocre writers out there, what makes one writer worthy of a published manuscript?
I bet anyone could name a few talentless hacks that have made the cut. I can't stand Stephenie Meyer. Yet she is richer, more successful and has made more of an impact on pop culture than 1,000's of these blogs combined. It's probably what spurred me to action.
Who cares that everyone has an opinion? Everyone has an idea of what the ideal life, song, book, or poem should be. What we should do is celebrate the fact that we all CAN voice our opinions and those with like minds can hang together despite their physical location.
What this blog purports is to act as my personal sounding board. I want to get to know my audience, get to know the people who might read what I have to write, and mostly to overcome my fear of being rejected for what I write. More on that subject later.
This blog will be loosely defined. I may write on a subject as a sounding board, or just if the subject seems interesting to me. Any topic is fair game. I plan on writing 2-3 days a week, or just as the mood strikes. It is my warm up for jumping into my stories. And, from time to time, I will publish here what I am working on (copyrighted of course, mimicry may be a form of flattery, but getting back to Stephenie Meyer, it's annoying when there is much better material before it).
To the reader, please feel free to comment. After all, this is our Writer's Prologue.
Thank you.
I bet anyone could name a few talentless hacks that have made the cut. I can't stand Stephenie Meyer. Yet she is richer, more successful and has made more of an impact on pop culture than 1,000's of these blogs combined. It's probably what spurred me to action.
Who cares that everyone has an opinion? Everyone has an idea of what the ideal life, song, book, or poem should be. What we should do is celebrate the fact that we all CAN voice our opinions and those with like minds can hang together despite their physical location.
What this blog purports is to act as my personal sounding board. I want to get to know my audience, get to know the people who might read what I have to write, and mostly to overcome my fear of being rejected for what I write. More on that subject later.
This blog will be loosely defined. I may write on a subject as a sounding board, or just if the subject seems interesting to me. Any topic is fair game. I plan on writing 2-3 days a week, or just as the mood strikes. It is my warm up for jumping into my stories. And, from time to time, I will publish here what I am working on (copyrighted of course, mimicry may be a form of flattery, but getting back to Stephenie Meyer, it's annoying when there is much better material before it).
To the reader, please feel free to comment. After all, this is our Writer's Prologue.
Thank you.
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