Comments on: More On Writing and Why I Want You To Care http://www.thispile.com/archives/more-on-writing-and-why-i-want-you-to-care One Woman, Many Piles, Much Grace. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:01:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Kristin Noelle » Blog Archive » The things on which we writers stand http://www.thispile.com/archives/more-on-writing-and-why-i-want-you-to-care#comment-1860 Kristin Noelle » Blog Archive » The things on which we writers stand Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:37:26 +0000 http://www.thispile.com/?p=395#comment-1860 [...] This week seems like the week for blogging writing things. I wrote about the tug-of-war between my writing and mothering lives last time. Jen Zug has been blogging her commitments and feelings around moving toward a book project. Jen Lemen has written about her writing process, how the non-writing, extroverted stuff of her life is the food that fuels her muse, and how her muse is also wooed to work by music. [...] [...] This week seems like the week for blogging writing things. I wrote about the tug-of-war between my writing and mothering lives last time. Jen Zug has been blogging her commitments and feelings around moving toward a book project. Jen Lemen has written about her writing process, how the non-writing, extroverted stuff of her life is the food that fuels her muse, and how her muse is also wooed to work by music. [...]

]]> By: jenlemen http://www.thispile.com/archives/more-on-writing-and-why-i-want-you-to-care#comment-1826 jenlemen Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:28:33 +0000 http://www.thispile.com/?p=395#comment-1826 jen--i think uncovering the process is so critical. i spend a lot of time on that, actually, because i need to learn how to compare myself to myself, and not some fictionalized ideal of what "writer" is supposed to be in my head. so yay! it's worth the conversation and the reflection and it will get us all thinking...and writing. can't wait to see how your journey unfolds! jen–i think uncovering the process is so critical. i spend a lot of time on that, actually, because i need to learn how to compare myself to myself, and not some fictionalized ideal of what “writer” is supposed to be in my head. so yay! it’s worth the conversation and the reflection and it will get us all thinking…and writing. can’t wait to see how your journey unfolds!

]]> By: Kristin http://www.thispile.com/archives/more-on-writing-and-why-i-want-you-to-care#comment-1822 Kristin Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:29:44 +0000 http://www.thispile.com/?p=395#comment-1822 Oh, I relate with all of your feelings! I think there should be an official ceremony for all of us writers where, like knights, we're tapped on our shoulders three times. Only with a quill or something, instead of a sword. And from that point on, we could know without a doubt that we are writers. Not just wanna-be's, but the real deal. Even if we aren't being prolific. And part of the ceremony would say all the insecurities that come with our job, so we'd know that they only confirm that it's ours. So here's me tapping your shoulders. You're a writer, and you're very good, and you're getting better daily with practice and, like you said, with studying the work of others. Yay for us! We're writers!!! :) Oh, I relate with all of your feelings! I think there should be an official ceremony for all of us writers where, like knights, we’re tapped on our shoulders three times. Only with a quill or something, instead of a sword. And from that point on, we could know without a doubt that we are writers. Not just wanna-be’s, but the real deal. Even if we aren’t being prolific. And part of the ceremony would say all the insecurities that come with our job, so we’d know that they only confirm that it’s ours.

So here’s me tapping your shoulders. You’re a writer, and you’re very good, and you’re getting better daily with practice and, like you said, with studying the work of others. Yay for us! We’re writers!!! :)

]]> By: K. http://www.thispile.com/archives/more-on-writing-and-why-i-want-you-to-care#comment-1820 K. Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:45:57 +0000 http://www.thispile.com/?p=395#comment-1820 Baggage, stuffed to overflow with Expectations. That's what I've been lugging around the writers' departure lounge for, well, ever. The blog has turned out to be a friendly valet with a wheeled cart, saying, "Let me take this for you." Sorry, I have not had near enough coffee yet this morning. What I'm trying to say is the blog(s) has put the fun, yea, even joy, back in writing for me. I mean, what kind of expectations are you going to pin on a blog? Really. It's a Blog. As far as I know, a genre still unrecognized by the Nobel committee. I also did the math recently, and was astounded at the volume of writing I have managed to produce on the blog. So long, excuses. Apparently, I have made the time. And while some of it is fluff and drivel, I think some of it is ready for prime time. I am so glad you left a comment on 1,167. I visisted here months ago, but somehow it dropped off my radar. I am happy to connect again. Here is your quote of the day, from the Rev. Woo-Woo Marianne Williamson, who just uncorks a great one every now and then. (this is misattributed often to Nelson Mandela, don't you know that sucks) We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. Keep on keepin'. k. Baggage, stuffed to overflow with Expectations. That’s what I’ve been lugging around the writers’ departure lounge for, well, ever.

The blog has turned out to be a friendly valet with a wheeled cart, saying, “Let me take this for you.”

Sorry, I have not had near enough coffee yet this morning.

What I’m trying to say is the blog(s) has put the fun, yea, even joy, back in writing for me. I mean, what kind of expectations are you going to pin on a blog? Really. It’s a Blog. As far as I know, a genre still unrecognized by the Nobel committee.

I also did the math recently, and was astounded at the volume of writing I have managed to produce on the blog. So long, excuses. Apparently, I have made the time. And while some of it is fluff and drivel, I think some of it is ready for prime time.

I am so glad you left a comment on 1,167. I visisted here months ago, but somehow it dropped off my radar. I am happy to connect again.

Here is your quote of the day, from the Rev. Woo-Woo Marianne Williamson, who just uncorks a great one every now and then. (this is misattributed often to Nelson Mandela, don’t you know that sucks)

We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

Keep on keepin’.

k.

]]> By: dave http://www.thispile.com/archives/more-on-writing-and-why-i-want-you-to-care#comment-1819 dave Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:22:57 +0000 http://www.thispile.com/?p=395#comment-1819 By the way - that was me writing with the wisdom that comes from being ten years younger and talking out my ass! By the way - that was me writing with the wisdom that comes from being ten years younger and talking out my ass!

]]> By: dave http://www.thispile.com/archives/more-on-writing-and-why-i-want-you-to-care#comment-1818 dave Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:19:23 +0000 http://www.thispile.com/?p=395#comment-1818 It's always hard to get an accurate read on what you're capable of. I mean - there are heaps of people out there who fancy themselves as writers - what makes you any different? Well, in your case, it's because you've proven it with what you write. It's easy to point to other people's blogs and sites and say "now <i>they're</i> a good writer" but not be able to see it in your own. But people who read your blog can see it. So my 2c worth? Keep writing, keep plugging away. Because no one every became a writer by agonising over whether they were any good. Most people start writing because they have to, and then they <i>get</i> good. It’s always hard to get an accurate read on what you’re capable of. I mean - there are heaps of people out there who fancy themselves as writers - what makes you any different?

Well, in your case, it’s because you’ve proven it with what you write. It’s easy to point to other people’s blogs and sites and say “now they’re a good writer” but not be able to see it in your own. But people who read your blog can see it.

So my 2c worth? Keep writing, keep plugging away. Because no one every became a writer by agonising over whether they were any good. Most people start writing because they have to, and then they get good.

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