Size Seven Shoes

Erm. Writing isn't always fun. Especially writing for the job. Sometimes you have the most brilliant lines emerge from your thoughts. But at other times your brain feels like the dull end of ye old fashioned me-needs-sharpening kind of pencil. Today was one of the duller moments for me. After going to great lengths to source for information online, having gathered all my precious archaelogical findings together and almost causing my eyes pop out from reading what I'd found due to its sheer volume, my brain was in a state of stupor. One of the hardest parts about writing, I must say, especially of the non-fiction sort, is the part where you're just about to begin putting words down - when you've got all that you need right there with you, but for the time being it's still just a huge tangled ball of yarn stuck in your head. Once the words get recorded one by one and the sentences are getting built and the paragraphs are growing by the dozens, you are in a safe zo...

She likes to see the world in full colour. Better still, she'll kick off her shoes and scurry barefoot in the direction of any fun that comes to find her. She dreams of better days. She thinks maybe she found it this time. Prompted by The One-Minute Writer :)

And so I have entered the REAL DEAL writer job zone. It's been about almost 2 weeks now. Just like all other things in life, it's never quite like the general public's view of what a writer's daily routine is like. For one thing, I am NOT working for a glamourous magazine publisher, so no photoshoots with models, no gorgeously goodlooking editors or sub-editors to ogle at, or absolutely awesome cool/hot/hip events to attend. Well. There ARE events. But they're sorta more on the serious end. *ahem* Moving along... In any case, for all you aspiring writers out there, let me share with you a typical day's work routine: Review any writing assignments that are half done and finish them OR re-edit completed articles to correct errors and possibly rewrite certain portions for better clarity OR seek superior to obtain new assignments to write Get disturbed/distracted by colleagues Daydream/brainstorm Try hardest to concentrate on doing research or writin...

I was having a drink with an old friend from my college days the other day, and it got me thinking about this blog. I realise, one of the troubles I have nowadays in maintaining a blog is that I can't seem to decide on a fixed voice from which to write these posts. Whether first or third person, whether fact or fiction, etc. So, I guess, it's time to narrow it down to a definition. This blog shall be purely about writing - its products and processes and everything in between - and perhaps, occasionally about anything related to the arts in general. Hence, for the personal thoughts and life experiences, please hunt me down on Facebook or click your way to my Twitter page. I contemplated deleting previous posts to clear the way for a new direction in this blog, but then again, I thought to myself, let history be, as it is the marker that points us in the right direction, showing us the way forward into the imminent future. So I shall let it be. I hope you'll st...

I wonder if it's just a writer's thing, to face various experiences in life and to think all the while, 'This would be such a good story to tell/write about later on'? Because that's just the sort of thing that keeps running through my head lately. Everything that happens is pretty much a worthy story. I suppose it boils down to how you decide to tell it. One story I'll definitely want put down in words is how I am slowly arriving at a writing profession. It's not all there yet, but I can see such a huge progression from when I first started out right up till now. It's fascinating. I'm one of those kind of people who thinks that the process is just as important - if not more important than - arriving at the desired result. Ever thought of your life as a story before? Did you venture the thought of what it would look like on the big silver screen or the paperback novel? Would it enthrall audiences the world over, or keep readers turning the page...