I’m a Novel Writer
Posted in Once I Was a Kansas Girl and tagged with Dreams, Writing on December 18, 2008Thanks for the help yesterday. I have finally decided what to do and gone for it. Be looking for a post after Christmas with my new blog address!
One thing that I have wanted to do for some time is write a novel. I don’t want to write to be famous or rich, though I suppose those wouldn’t be bad if they came. I don’t want to write because I think that I’m an amazing writer or would be able to make a career out of it, because I believe my writing and creativity are nothing spectacular. I want to write because I love to write.
In the last year, I have fallen in love with writing for this blog. I truly enjoy it, and not just because of the friends I’ve made here. I enjoy writing in this style. I enjoy writing humorous posts to get you chuckling; I enjoy writing serious posts about topics near to my heart. I also feel that I have grown in my writing, like these daily posts are daily exercises of my writing muscles.
After I received my laptop last week, one of the first things I did was download novel-writing software (yWriter). I haven’t done much with it, but it’s there and I’ve started a novel to play around with it, the idea that was the freshest in my mind.
I’ve said it before, but the main thing that holds me back from being a novel writer is that I don’t think that my writing will live up to my own standards. I’m not being modest; I’m being truthful. Very few modern authors are truly worth reading, in my opinion, and I’m not egotistical enough to think that I could ever count myself among them.
Instead of seeking to be the best, I’m merely seeking to do my best, even if no one else were to read it. I think that’s a worthy cause in itself.
So, with my first 173 words, I now can call myself a novel-writer.
December 18th, 2008 at 9:09 am
I love writing as well!!! You go for it Ronnica! I’m sure you’ll be a fantastic writer!
And novel-writing software? I’ve never heard of it. What exactly does it do? I may have to ask Santa for it!
December 18th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Congratulations! I look forward to the changes you’ve mentioned. It all sounds very exciting.
December 18th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Go you! I like that – not be the best, just your best!
December 18th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Make that dream a reality!
December 18th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Good luck! I think you can do anything you put your mind to! And also, I hope you join the wordpress blog world–I feel so lonely over there! :)
December 18th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
If there was anything I learned through NaNoWriMo, it’s to write just to write. Write for you – not to get it out there. Finishing my first novel (which is no where near readable), was such a feeling of accomplishment. To actually sit down, accomplish a goal and put an actual story down on paper (well, screen)…was absolutely awesome.
Good luck – I look forward to your blogging in the new year.
December 18th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
you practically took the words right out of my mouth. Writing a novel is on my to-do list before I die.
December 18th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Oh yay! I’m so excited for you, and can’t wait to hear about your novel-writing adventures!
December 18th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
How exciting! Anything you put down will be great, I know it!
I’m also excited to see you have a big bloggy change coming up! Can’t wait to see the unveiling!
December 18th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
I think that’s awesome! Just do it! A secret desire of my own heart, but gonna have to be way in the future.
Have a greatr day!
December 18th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Well, you will never know if you are good at it until you give it a go!
December 18th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
You really are a good writer and communicator. I would read one of your novels any day!
Go for it!
Brenda :)
December 18th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
you know, if your heart tell you to write a novel then you should write. I think that you should just start and see where it goes.
December 19th, 2008 at 12:26 am
That’s great. I’ll support you by reading anything you write.
I sort of write for a living… but not in a novel way… ha ha.
At one job, Dad asked me how it was going and I told him that the writing was a challenge. (it was a different style than I was used to)
Dad said, “Well, I can’t imagine writing would be hard.”
Oh Grrrr. Seriously? What? you think writing is as easy as reading? Nevermind that thousands of the best artists and writers in the world have been near suicide for lack of finding the right words!
Then I laughed… yeah dad, that’s good coming from the guy who doesn’t even sign his own name to my birthday card! From the guy who doesn’t even leave a note on the kitchen table explaining that went over to town!
He thinks I should write a book. It’s easy.
Actually, Dad encouraged me to write a book when I was in high school. He wanted me to write about my sister.
Some day.
Some day.
December 19th, 2008 at 2:12 am
Congrats! And I’ve never heard of novel software. What does it do?