Posted by octopusprime on December 19, 2003, at 21:38:21
In reply to Re: my journal - a survey » octopusprime, posted by zenn4 on December 19, 2003, at 13:00:21
> I have kept a journal since junior high on and off. But over the past few years, when I feel well enough, I write everyday. A good book is "writing down the bones" by Natalie Goldman. I found it helpful. I'm sure there are other books out there too. Looking back on old journals can be both a blessing and curse. You are writing from actual experience and hindsight is always 20/20. I've found some things to be sad, like when I write about my brother (he died two years ago), some things I regret, and other things make me happy remembering. I don't think there's any good "rules" - there's only what happens to work for you. Good luck in your writing journey.
hi thanks for the recommendation zenn4 - i looked into it.
secretly i would like to write a book. i think i can, but i just don't know the topic or the characters yet. :p i was thinking about it on the way to work this morning, and i thought about jumping into the skins of other people i know and writing about what it would be like to be them.
but i'm being selfish and first i am going to write about ME ME ME! and of course, self interested blather makes a terrible book :(
i don't know if i got the message right after skimming the few pages of the book available, but i think the most valuable advice in there is to "free the inner censor". i have done that in my last few days of writing, and it has been liberating. i must continue, i feel like i am breaking through something and it can change my life.
more book ideas welcome.
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