It may be time for me to go back to writting once more. To tell tales and stories, never told before. Or to bring my poetry into a form of a book. Which I am not sure as of yet you see, for, I just know when I feel it, what it should be.
Some say they like my short stories I did before, others say they like my poetry, the choice of course is theirs, for sure. What I tend to do, is find something that interests me, or something that emotionally, gets to me. Then I start there and ramble on with it, til I have said all I can. or, I take a topic or subject, and get into in such a way, it tells the world what I want to say. The hardest part of writting anything, is the beggining folks. For writting must flow from your mind, heart and soul to be any good. If it is forced it doesn’t work really, it sound corny or not interesting enough and it flops. I have learned over my years, there are stories of mystery, there are stories of life, there are stories of husbands and wifes. There are childhood tales, you would never tell, because if you did, you would pay for it, well. Then there are stories of many things for me, from my military days, to actual history. many have a way of just forgetting and carrying on, but for me thats not the way it is done. I have things in my head, from childhood days, days with my main family and things I would never do or say. Days with dad, days with mom, days with my siblings and those memories carry on. I have the days of my youth and teenage years, the feelings of being lost and the fears. Love stories that some never have heard from me, because of they did, things would have gone differently. I can’t change history or the fates, or destinies you see. But what I can do, is just be me, set the words down on paper or computer and, see. We all grow up in different ways, we all have families of different kinds, some good, some bad and some indifferent you see. In the end it is all about who and what made you and me.
So writting becomes a way of letting things out, the only question that remains is how to go about it all. Well, first as I said you have to pick a subject or plot. Then you have to figure out who is who, what is what, and where your trying to get to, to make it interesting and worth while. Then you have to consider how to start, at what place in time and which character will get it moving for all who will read it. If you don’t believe what I am saying then go read some Mark Twain, or go read some Doris Kearns Goodwin books. Or you can enter the world of Patterson or Stephen King even. Each have their unique characters and subjects you see. Some are mystery, some are horror, some are spy novels and some make believe world based on real life locations. But, in each case, each writter, takes you away with the words, the phrases, the locations or the history and they enrich it with their words of wit and style. Yes writting is not a simple subject, it is convoluted and confussing at times, and it can indeed, takea lot of concentration to do it. You need tools also for it all.
Tools like, dictionarnies, and more. You have to understand the english language well, and have paid attention in English Classes. Punctuation, sentences, forming them, starting them, ending them, how to handle characters talking and so much more. At other times it comes naturally, for you lived through it all don’t you see. You remember it because it meant something special to you. So, you try to bring it to life one more time, in the words you write, for all else to live it and enjoy it too. So many things happen when you write. You can relive emotions, events, acts and scenes and even write out your own dreams. writting is an art my friends, not for everyone but for some. You need to go slow, take your time, think it over in your mind. Then, be careful how you say it when you write, if not, it will not be understood right.
I suggest to many who say they would like to write, they find a quiet place they can work in. Settle in relax, get what you need to write, something to drink, and then think before your start. what exactly is it about, where are you going with it, how shall you get there and how many different ways can the story go. Then, decide once you know which way to go, what to start with or who. It’s not simple, and you need to know, is it a mystery, is it a comedy, is it history, is it romance, will it be poems? Determine that first before you even write one word down, for once you start, it will roll on and on and you do not wish to lose the thoughts, that make it work. It’s like a songwriter, with each verse, or song he writes, he gets a tune in his head and then the words start to come, sometimes you scribble them out, for they do not fit, and you need to rephrase each verse of it. Just remember like I try to do, stick to the subject, plot or story line and make it true.
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