I’ve said before when I started Project 52, I was a boring person. That’s probably not true, as I say that I have flashbacks of gold togas and green lipstick around my eyes. But my life was boring, that is completely true.
This blog went a long way towards sucking all of the boredom out of my life. It also helped to develop my writing, which was the reason I started this in the first place. As my writing developed, I realized what I love about it.
It’s not the writing words that paint a picture, though I do enjoy that. It’s not even telling a story that otherwise would remain untold. I enjoy that too. Writing makes me a well rounded person. That’s what I love about it. Phantom Fires was about a ballerina. I’m 26 years old and hadn’t danced since high school. I took a dance class. I felt like I had to write about a dancer. Now I’m writing about a high school girl struggling with physics. And I don’t remember anything about it! I have no choice I must learn Physics. It’s the only way. Should Phantom Fires ever sell the sequels will involve fighting demons. I will take a karate or street fighting class. I will have to. I seriously have no clue how to take down the annoying girl across the street, much less a band of demons.
I love writing because as I develop that talent, I develop! What more could you ask? What do you love about writing?
The thing I love most about writing is creating my own world with my own characters and letting them run wild and basically documenting the outcome. It's like a more creative way of playing the sims, in my opinion. lol.
ReplyDeleteI love really stretching myself as a writer. When I write a sentence, look at it and say, I could do better. And then I make myself think up a fresh metaphor or "show" something instead of tell it. I love working my brain that way.
ReplyDeleteI love playing God with my characters. perhaps I'm a control freak deep down? I dunno... but I love having the final say what my characters can get away with.
ReplyDeleteI also love that point when writing your first draft when the story tells you it wants to go a different way. Then I have to let go of that control (kinda sorta.) :)
All that the other three before me said plus it just seems to go with reading, which is something I've always done and enjoyed.
ReplyDeleteI love that writing lets me escape. I get to see things from a different perspective, albeit my own imagination, but still not reality-different. Writing is one of the most relaxing things I can do next to reading.
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