On Writing.

I was reading BD's blog the other day, where he had written a post with dialogue to himself. One of the things that stood out for me, was his talk of eventually submitting some writing of his in hope of publication. I'm all for that, I think he's a fabulous writer (and blogger too!) and I hope he goes far with it. It also got me thinking, though.

One of my dreams when I was younger was to become a writer "when I grew up". (Don't ask me when that was supposed to be, am I all growned up yet? Psh. Hardly.) Since I started reading when I was quite young and continued reading like a crazy person right up to the present, it seems appropriate that I also loved to write. The two go hand in hand, I suppose.

I used to write all the time. Back when I was in school, I remember writing stories in old exercise books. Then we got our early computers here at home and I started banging out even more stories. If only I could find those documents now; I think I'd have a grand old chuckle reading them. But you know, I remember really, really enjoying myself while I was creating them. And I think that's the most important part.

The easiest part for me was introducing the writing. I could write pages getting to know characters, setting up the story, working out the plot. But then, I'd get to the juicy parts and just lose interest. Suffice it to say, I used to have a lot of saved stories which were never completed.

I still love to read. So much that I have a terrible habit of leaving a book half-completed in nearly every room of my house. Drives my mother crazy. But writing? It has come to a crashing halt. I still have so many ideas, so many inspirations, but when it comes down to putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) it just hasn't happened in a long while.

I still want to be a writer "when I grow up". (Preferably in a cottage in Scotland, or somewhere else peaceful and beautiful, like Milford Sound in NZ which is pictured below.) Here's hoping it will actually happen one day. But until then? You're stuck with one heck of a lot of rambling blog entries.

Cheers! (And thanks for sticking around!)