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Thursday, 19 August 2004 00:00 |
 Lately my mind has been less cluttered with scattered thoughts and buzzing noises and I have been reading a lot. A few weeks ago when I sat at the computer for 7 hours straight writing the first pages of the short story I have crammed in my head, I thought the rest of it would just flow out and by my calculations, I could even have a novel completed in just 20 days. However, I have learned that it comes out in spurts and evidently they aren't consistent so I have learned to be patient.
After completing just 9,000 words, I decided I needed to do some serious reading to learn about other writers and their writing styles, so I went out and bought several novels by a variety of authors. I haven't been a novel reader for many years finding my interests lay more with true stories, biographies and self-help books so this was a big change for me. I am just finishing reading my 7th novel and by all accounts I have learned that my writing style is my own and I think quite readable. (But then again, I am biased)
I think I have been given this quiet time specifically to get this reading homework done but I am looking forward to writing again. I have found that if I try to force the words out of me onto paper they don't flow well and I edit and re-edit without satisfaction so I'll wait until the urge hits me like it did before. Of course, I suppose I could become one of the thousands of people who like me have a story or book started but never completed, however I feel that my purpose is to write and I will do just that. I often wonder if this is what is termed, writers block but I tell myself, you have to be a writer to have it and I'm not really a writer yet so it doesn't apply to me. In the meantime, I am enjoying this time of researching, relaxing, reading and learning and I am waiting for the words to flow again. 
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