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Writing
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What is it that makes writing, especially creative writing, such a popular and oft pursued craft? I know I've been writing and developing my style since I was 12 or 14 and it's something I was never able to put aside for long. As long as I can remember, I have written something - poetry, short stories, drabbles, and almost anything in between.
Have you ever felt as if the characters in your stories want to be written about? That they loom over your shoulder and nudge you insistently, especially if you have 'ignored' them for a while? I know I do. My muses, my characters are rarely quiescent, rarely silent. I am truly curious what other writers experience in regards to their characters and the stories they write.
Have you ever felt as if the characters in your stories want to be written about? That they loom over your shoulder and nudge you insistently, especially if you have 'ignored' them for a while? I know I do. My muses, my characters are rarely quiescent, rarely silent. I am truly curious what other writers experience in regards to their characters and the stories they write.
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Thoughts
2 min read
In the end,
We conserve only that which we love,
We love only that which we understand,
and we understand only that which
We are taught.
- Anon.
It is a scary thought, the possibility that man's capacity for love is directly linked to his/her capacity to understand the world around them. We see evidence of how lack of understanding leads to hate everyday through hate crimes, discrimination and the war that is going on in the Middle East.
We are all taught love and hate when we are young. Some of us are taught more of one than the other. Often, though, it seems as if we do have an inborn knowledge of both extremes of emotion. You meet someone perfectly ordinary looking with no distinguishing traits and you love them, or at the very least, you like them. On the other hand, you can meet someone amazingly similar and feel an instant dislike, even hate. Why?
If we were all more capable of understanding others, and of accepting that which we do not understand, we might be living in a much more peaceful world.
Would it be a better world, though? I mean trully, would it be better. After all, to have peace, you must be willing to give up some of your freedom. To have freedom, you must be willing to fight to keep it.
We conserve only that which we love,
We love only that which we understand,
and we understand only that which
We are taught.
- Anon.
It is a scary thought, the possibility that man's capacity for love is directly linked to his/her capacity to understand the world around them. We see evidence of how lack of understanding leads to hate everyday through hate crimes, discrimination and the war that is going on in the Middle East.
We are all taught love and hate when we are young. Some of us are taught more of one than the other. Often, though, it seems as if we do have an inborn knowledge of both extremes of emotion. You meet someone perfectly ordinary looking with no distinguishing traits and you love them, or at the very least, you like them. On the other hand, you can meet someone amazingly similar and feel an instant dislike, even hate. Why?
If we were all more capable of understanding others, and of accepting that which we do not understand, we might be living in a much more peaceful world.
Would it be a better world, though? I mean trully, would it be better. After all, to have peace, you must be willing to give up some of your freedom. To have freedom, you must be willing to fight to keep it.
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Mission accomplished
1 min read
Wow, that felt good! I hadn't put my poetry up for viewing before today, but it is definitely a good feeling to have it out where other writers and tons of readers can view it. I hope everyone who reads it, likes it...whether you do or don't, please feel free to critique. I can't get any better without feedback. Thank whatever powers that be for the internet! I love it!
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Just Another Day
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Well, if it were possible for a day to be any hotter and brighter...nevermind, we'd be in he Sahara. Anyway, welcome to the hot humid joys of Sunny Florida.
Things are going well with the fan fiction I'm writing. I have a lot of ideas hammered out and a fair idea of the timeline progression. It's a Harry Potter fan fic set right after the end of Order of the Phoenix and Half Blood Prince doesn't exist as far as I'm concerned.
When you really start to think about the plot and the huge holes there in, Dumbledore was a dark, manipulative old man and I'm taking full advantage of that. (Evil laugh)
In any case, I'm back to the writing. If you want to read the story, it's on fanfiction.net. The link to my fan fic profile is in my profile here.
Things are going well with the fan fiction I'm writing. I have a lot of ideas hammered out and a fair idea of the timeline progression. It's a Harry Potter fan fic set right after the end of Order of the Phoenix and Half Blood Prince doesn't exist as far as I'm concerned.
When you really start to think about the plot and the huge holes there in, Dumbledore was a dark, manipulative old man and I'm taking full advantage of that. (Evil laugh)
In any case, I'm back to the writing. If you want to read the story, it's on fanfiction.net. The link to my fan fic profile is in my profile here.
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