What we'll post
Righty. This post is a little late in coming, but ... ah well. Live with it! :P
When I invited people to join this blog, I first led up to it by giving them the backstory. I wanted them to have an explanation of why, exactly, this site was made. They all listened quite attentively, until I actually invited them; then they promptly responded:
"But what will we post?"
My answer went something like: "..... Heh. Funny you should ask that ...."
This post being, as I mentioned, a bit late, we already have some fine examples. Look first at Liz's post. It is a complaint, a rant against her writer's block. It could also go in the opposite direction - a happy rant, a rambling about how wonderfully everything is going in your current story. You could talk about the sudden insights you received into plot or character; the amazing line someone dlievered in a scene that completely and unexpectedly blew you away; how horribly your characters are misbehaving and refusing to do what you tell them; the sudden spear of inspiration as it lances through your thoughts; those scenes, those moments when everything falls into place. Talk about what's happening in your life and writing as a writer.
Then there are the inspiring posts by Keesa. Thoughts about writing itself, about why we write, about our goals and ideals. And there's the post by Gen, which follows up on what Keesa said beforehand - it's a response.
Keesa's second post was generated by a comment that started getting longwinded. Comments, I think, are important.
I plan on posting here, hopefully within the next few days, about an article I read called 'The Evangelizing Power of Beauty', both summarizing what it said and giving my own thoughts.
We can relate the events of every day life through the eyes of a writer. This would include things that sometimes have nothing to do with writing, on the surface - moments of clear beauty, scenes we want to capture with our own words, and so forth. We can also post about the other arts - music, movies, etc - because really, they are all interconnected. Their aim in the end is the same. (I blogged about this once! *grin*)
And of course, books! Talk about what you're reading. And hey ... wouldn't it be awesome if we could read a certain book together, at the same time, and post about it? Or perhaps now and then we can pick a certain theme and each of us write something, and share the results? Another option is this - my spring break this year is mid-March. Liz and I intend to have a sort of writing retreat. Not hours upon hours of writing - just something scheduled. For example, get up at this time. Write for this amount of time. Eat lunch. Take a walk. Write more. Etc.
I think it would be cool if we could all do this together - each with our own schedules, of course. And we CAN do it together, because of Thunder in the Attic.
So. Share your own thoughts and ideas, tell me what you think of these.
End ramble. :)
When I invited people to join this blog, I first led up to it by giving them the backstory. I wanted them to have an explanation of why, exactly, this site was made. They all listened quite attentively, until I actually invited them; then they promptly responded:
"But what will we post?"
My answer went something like: "..... Heh. Funny you should ask that ...."
This post being, as I mentioned, a bit late, we already have some fine examples. Look first at Liz's post. It is a complaint, a rant against her writer's block. It could also go in the opposite direction - a happy rant, a rambling about how wonderfully everything is going in your current story. You could talk about the sudden insights you received into plot or character; the amazing line someone dlievered in a scene that completely and unexpectedly blew you away; how horribly your characters are misbehaving and refusing to do what you tell them; the sudden spear of inspiration as it lances through your thoughts; those scenes, those moments when everything falls into place. Talk about what's happening in your life and writing as a writer.
Then there are the inspiring posts by Keesa. Thoughts about writing itself, about why we write, about our goals and ideals. And there's the post by Gen, which follows up on what Keesa said beforehand - it's a response.
Keesa's second post was generated by a comment that started getting longwinded. Comments, I think, are important.
I plan on posting here, hopefully within the next few days, about an article I read called 'The Evangelizing Power of Beauty', both summarizing what it said and giving my own thoughts.
We can relate the events of every day life through the eyes of a writer. This would include things that sometimes have nothing to do with writing, on the surface - moments of clear beauty, scenes we want to capture with our own words, and so forth. We can also post about the other arts - music, movies, etc - because really, they are all interconnected. Their aim in the end is the same. (I blogged about this once! *grin*)
And of course, books! Talk about what you're reading. And hey ... wouldn't it be awesome if we could read a certain book together, at the same time, and post about it? Or perhaps now and then we can pick a certain theme and each of us write something, and share the results? Another option is this - my spring break this year is mid-March. Liz and I intend to have a sort of writing retreat. Not hours upon hours of writing - just something scheduled. For example, get up at this time. Write for this amount of time. Eat lunch. Take a walk. Write more. Etc.
I think it would be cool if we could all do this together - each with our own schedules, of course. And we CAN do it together, because of Thunder in the Attic.
So. Share your own thoughts and ideas, tell me what you think of these.
End ramble. :)
posted by Rosemary | 11:05 AM
3 Comments:
Eh ... not really. No.
Alrighty, Rose. Everything you said makes sense, never fear! So now everyone knows what ter do. ;)
...right? :)
Hehe. Yeppers. :D Now we only need to get some of them (Casey and Mara, have you even READ this blog lately?!) to do it!
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