Having some problems coming to terms with my feelings about this latest project. I am over the moon to write the book, but should I be? Let's be real, this is a heavy subject, a very heavy one at times, but also a way for the subject to release stories that have been pent up for decades.
I guess I am happy that I am entrusted with such a task but cautious about my feelings. I think on one hand the excitement I feel is wrong given the topic, but on the other my excitement is for the trust in me, not the subject matter I will be writing.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Breaths
It is peaceful, yet loud times like this when a breath can be issued that is cleansing and deep. No hesitation nor despair can be heard.
Life is work but the work is forgotten with the blessings of the reward given in return.
Nothing benefits the soul more than a child sleeping softly and soundly from the excitement of the day and the comfort of knowing they are loved more than all.
Life is work but the work is forgotten with the blessings of the reward given in return.
Nothing benefits the soul more than a child sleeping softly and soundly from the excitement of the day and the comfort of knowing they are loved more than all.
Struggles
Sometimes when you begin writing you have the ideal audience in mind buoy know the level of language to use, the proper syntax ect. Then... The characters, as they always do, start to developed their own 'personalities.' Sometimes with that comes a maturation or a juvenilization of the material that makes it unusable or at a minimum unrealistic to your original audience. Just go with it.
You cannot always alter the language to fit your audience well enough and then you end up with a piece that has no direct audience and becomes difficult to market.
Do not restrict your writing just let it flow. Freedom to write allows unique and creativity to shoot out of your finger tips. You will get more written and be much happier with you work if you do.
You cannot always alter the language to fit your audience well enough and then you end up with a piece that has no direct audience and becomes difficult to market.
Do not restrict your writing just let it flow. Freedom to write allows unique and creativity to shoot out of your finger tips. You will get more written and be much happier with you work if you do.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Poetic
Feeling like a little poetry is in order tonight.
I have never been in your shoes.
I have never felt your pain.
I cannot begin to understand what you have been through.
I am unable to see the trauma that happened so long ago.
I can promise to never inflict the pain that you have felt.
I will spread your story I will shout.
I will love with all my heart.
And make a difference, after all that is a great start.
I have never been in your shoes.
I have never felt your pain.
I cannot begin to understand what you have been through.
I am unable to see the trauma that happened so long ago.
I can promise to never inflict the pain that you have felt.
I will spread your story I will shout.
I will love with all my heart.
And make a difference, after all that is a great start.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Together
What a challenge it is to collaborate with another and learn to select language that you both feel fits the purpose it is intended for. To determine what parts to include in the efforts and what ones are important, but not important to the story you are trying to convey. To agree with everything, or agree to disagree and move forward with the project for the best of the collaboration.
It is a road that I am glad to travel with all of it's turmoil and triumphs for I know in the end that I will help another to climb a mountain and see the valley on the other side.
It is a road that I am glad to travel with all of it's turmoil and triumphs for I know in the end that I will help another to climb a mountain and see the valley on the other side.
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