I've recently come across some interesting blogs relating to Faith and Opinions which I will link below. These 2 blogs have really opened my eyes to the thins that I want to strive to do. I really enjoy writing, have for as long as I can remember, but I must admit I have fallen off writing for maybe 10 years. I'm slowing trying to ease myself back into it, but its harder then it looks... For one I DISLIKE everything I have written currently. I Love the arrangement of words and cleverness of Phrases, but I'm not really feeling any emtion when I write. It's like i'm trying to FORCE my EMOTIONS out by placing a few interesting sentences together to produce IMAGERY. My writing right now is SHALLOW....
In 11th grade I met a teacher that truly changed my life, Mr. John Stoddard. He was my AP English Lit teacher and at the start of the semester almost everyone I knew was about to transfer out including myself. We've heard rumors about this teacher from our Senior classmates and at the beginning of his course he flat out tells you in a snarky tone that his class will be difficult and you will not like him. I was no stranger to hard work, but the way he spoke to me I felt as if he would be more of a hindrance than a helpful asset. Something happened, I can't quite remember what.... and I decided to stay in his class... BEST DECISION EVER. Every paper I wrote was an A or B.... but he pulled me aside and spoke these words..." LaQuita your writing is great, I enjoy reading it... but I can tell that you Fluff a lot of work. Grammatically and aesthetically your paper is correct and I cannot dock you for anything, but YOU ARE MORE THAN FLUFF!" At first I was taken aback, and I realized what he was saying.... MY WRITING WAS SHALLOW! From that point forward I researched, participated and wrote like nothing before. I was taking College courses simultaneously from 10th through 12th grade, and I can honestly say that his class changed the way I thought. Then I graduated... and fell back into my normal tendencies. Ten years later I'm here.... and now I will work the way I did before to not be Shallow. Each day I will write something, no matter how stupid, or boring or contrived. I will write and write and read and write until I get back to a satisfactory role. I WILL WRITE!
Currently I contribute to www.FilmGamesEtc.com and other than that I am writing on this blog. Hopefully I can get to a place of Peace and Write with Emotion again.
Check out these two amazing blogs:
Feel Free to leave any comments or feedback. And if you have links to any great blogs please let me know. you can follow me on Twitter also @scoobygirl23 ^-^
Live and Let Live
LaQuita
Thank you for the shoutout! But more than that, thank you for being so honest in this post... I too struggle with "shallow" writing. It's easy to get discouraged. :) God bless your journey!
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