Post by Siana Blackwood on Sept 23, 2011 16:19:40 GMT 10
Okay, so here we are almost at the end of September and I haven't written a single pep talk in spite of swearing I was going to do at least one a week. I don't know about everyone else, but I'm really struggling this month. Just finding time at the computer is hard enough, and when I do it seems that I've got a thousand things to do other than just write.
(Yeah, great start to a pep talk, Siana. Everyone is bouncing with enthusiasm right now.)
So anyway, I'll start with one of those great phrases of sage wisdom (aka sprinklings of insanity dust) from the mind of Siana Blackwood:
Write it anyway. There is no idea too good to write. In fact, any idea you've ever had is too good to not write.
Now I'll go on with a friendly reminder: yes, we all really do know how to write!
How do I know this? Well:
1) we've done it in previous months
2) We have words on paper, screen or whatever that we didn't have at the start of the month
3) our PPTs don't just have "dkdrefaerg sdfa fdp;arga dfadfg af asf;garg", they have actual words
4) we look at things around us and start coming up with story ideas...
I'm sure there's more, so feel free to contribute your own ways to recognise writers.
Anyway, the point of all that was that we are writers! We have ideas and characters buzzing around out heads, leaning against the wall behind us, trying to read ahead in their plots even though we know they'll probably kill us when they find out what's coming up. We laugh at grammar jokes. We love books and the people who wrote them are our heroes. There's a book or an author somewhere (probably in your house) that you pick up and think "Yeah, I want to do stuff like this". That's our destiny. We're writers and we're going to write stuff.
It doesn't matter what is is, whether we could ever show it to our families or whether it violates a thousand copyright laws. It's our stuff, our words and we love it.
So, go and cuddle a book by your hero. Share something you've written. Laugh at some writing-related jokes. Sit back and remember that we write because we're totally, hopelessly addicted to these wonderful things called stories. Glare at the imaginary guy leaning over your shoulder wondering if what you're writing has anything to do with him...
Writing is fun. It's a wonderful, glorious adventure through fire, fog, tears of pain and misery, epic battles, tragic deaths... and yes, all these will appear in your courtroom drama with a feline stenographer who'd rather lick herself than actually take notes of the proceedings.
Have fun with the rest of September, everyone!
(Yeah, great start to a pep talk, Siana. Everyone is bouncing with enthusiasm right now.)
So anyway, I'll start with one of those great phrases of sage wisdom (aka sprinklings of insanity dust) from the mind of Siana Blackwood:
Write it anyway. There is no idea too good to write. In fact, any idea you've ever had is too good to not write.
Now I'll go on with a friendly reminder: yes, we all really do know how to write!
How do I know this? Well:
1) we've done it in previous months
2) We have words on paper, screen or whatever that we didn't have at the start of the month
3) our PPTs don't just have "dkdrefaerg sdfa fdp;arga dfadfg af asf;garg", they have actual words
4) we look at things around us and start coming up with story ideas...
I'm sure there's more, so feel free to contribute your own ways to recognise writers.
Anyway, the point of all that was that we are writers! We have ideas and characters buzzing around out heads, leaning against the wall behind us, trying to read ahead in their plots even though we know they'll probably kill us when they find out what's coming up. We laugh at grammar jokes. We love books and the people who wrote them are our heroes. There's a book or an author somewhere (probably in your house) that you pick up and think "Yeah, I want to do stuff like this". That's our destiny. We're writers and we're going to write stuff.
It doesn't matter what is is, whether we could ever show it to our families or whether it violates a thousand copyright laws. It's our stuff, our words and we love it.
So, go and cuddle a book by your hero. Share something you've written. Laugh at some writing-related jokes. Sit back and remember that we write because we're totally, hopelessly addicted to these wonderful things called stories. Glare at the imaginary guy leaning over your shoulder wondering if what you're writing has anything to do with him...
Writing is fun. It's a wonderful, glorious adventure through fire, fog, tears of pain and misery, epic battles, tragic deaths... and yes, all these will appear in your courtroom drama with a feline stenographer who'd rather lick herself than actually take notes of the proceedings.
Have fun with the rest of September, everyone!