Comments on: Me, the writer

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:39:48 +0000

Ted: Thanks, and good luck to you, too! :)

Ginger: In the words of a wise sage, “The only person with a key to the box where your deepest dream lies hidden is the person you see in the mirror every morning.” Actually, I just made that up :P, but I think it’s still true.

Liz: Oh, you’d better believe it. This is for real. :)

Jon: Exactly. For the refresher course, I’m finding that (a) reading about writing, (b) reading lots of fiction, and (c) making myself write every day do a pretty good job of keeping me on target — immersing myself in the world of my dream, basically.

By: Jon Ogden

Jon Ogden — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:18:19 +0000

I’m finding it’s the distractions that keep stopping me from really pulling off my dreams too, and your post only confirmed it to me. I wish there were more talk about setting goals not to accomplish certain tasks, because it seems always as important as deciding on what we will accomplish.

If only there were a good way to keep the perspective straight consistently, a refresher like the writing workshop once a month or so . . .

By: Liz Busby

Liz Busby — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:20:11 +0000

Hopefully this time it sticks.

By: Ginger

Ginger — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:30:47 +0000

I like this. It feels like a real satisfaction in following your dream. Now I just wish I knew what my one dream was. You seem to know what you’re talking about, why don’t you tell me? Elementary school teacher? High school science teacher? Culinary school?

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:13:03 +0000

I know what you mean. I love reading and English, but for the longest time, I kept switching majors, trying to find one that was also lucrative and satisfying.

Finally, I came back home to English and it just feels like it fits.

Good luck on your writing!