I was reading tonight at the gym and I stopped to think, "Why can't I write like this?"
Clear and engaging, beautiful in both words and imagery, and to do it all in a truly literary style all my own.
When I read other people's work I admire it. I see elements I like and the things I don't. I think of how I want to write, but I never seem to get there.
The more I try, the more I find I want to do. There is always something else I'm missing, something else I'm reaching out for.
I suppose it's kind of like learning anything - the more you learn, the more you find you don't know.
What a daunting feeling.
Does that mean I will never be the writer I want to become? This shifting image of a writer that is constantly being dangled before me like a Lindt dark chocolate bar, bobbing in the air before me, just out of reach.
I realize it's a good thing to always have something more to work for. Something to accomplish. And the aroma of that Lindt chocolate drives me forward and energizes me, but sometimes I wish I could get a bite. I'd love to experience the sensation of the fine literary chocolate melting in my mouth and coating every taste bud, carrying me away to places I've never been before.
5 comments:
yum...chocolate. I know how you feel, I feel much the same way. Don't worry, you'll get there. All we can do is keep trying and moving forward! It's a process!
AAA! I feel your pain! :(
Oooh, chocolate! I LOVE chocolate. I've given you the Sunshine Award! Go here to find it!! :)
Did you ever try to publish one of your works, my dear? I fear that you may be suffering from fear itself! I say give Daniel's Ocean a go! But that is just me! I think you are fabulous and so is Lindt chocolate!
Thanks all.
Kirsten, I haven't sent "Daniel's Ocean" out yet. I'm trying to get my first draft and one edit of my current manuscript done by the 14th of April, then my project will be Daniel. I have another edit I want to do before I send it out. Check back with me on that one in 4-6 months. I hope to send it out before the end of May. I'm sure fear is a factor in there, but no worries, I'll push forward with Daniel right after I get back from my writing weekend. Thanks for your encouragement and thanks for reading my blog!
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