Comments on: I AM therefore I write http://1writeway.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/i-am-therefore-i-write/ I AM therefore I Write Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: 1writeway http://1writeway.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/i-am-therefore-i-write/#comment-44 1writeway Sun, 08 Jun 2008 03:12:16 +0000 http://1writeway.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-44 JoniB, thanks for dropping by! Yes, by all means, keep writing! Please continue to visit my blog for support, but also check out the websites listed on my sidebar. The great thing about the internet is that you don't have to struggle alone any more. Visit the writing communities at Zoetrope and New Bard Press. You'll find some thoughtful and supportive fellow writers. Tell your internal editor that she needs to just shut up and wait. There's always time for editing, but writing is what you need to do now. You know, although I was writing stories when I was 9 years old, I feel like a late bloomer. It's taken me this long (I'm over 50 now) to finally put my foot down and say, "it's now or never." Maybe it's just having gotten on this side of menopause, but I've grown to care less about what others think of my writing and more about the act of writing itself. At the least, I am writing, and that's what counts. Let that be your mantra, too. Best, Marie JoniB, thanks for dropping by! Yes, by all means, keep writing! Please continue to visit my blog for support, but also check out the websites listed on my sidebar. The great thing about the internet is that you don’t have to struggle alone any more. Visit the writing communities at Zoetrope and New Bard Press. You’ll find some thoughtful and supportive fellow writers. Tell your internal editor that she needs to just shut up and wait. There’s always time for editing, but writing is what you need to do now. You know, although I was writing stories when I was 9 years old, I feel like a late bloomer. It’s taken me this long (I’m over 50 now) to finally put my foot down and say, “it’s now or never.” Maybe it’s just having gotten on this side of menopause, but I’ve grown to care less about what others think of my writing and more about the act of writing itself. At the least, I am writing, and that’s what counts. Let that be your mantra, too.
Best,
Marie

]]> By: JoniB http://1writeway.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/i-am-therefore-i-write/#comment-43 JoniB Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:40:19 +0000 http://1writeway.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-43 Just found your blog. I love this particular article! I never got a chance to go to college, but having my high school term papers marked up all over in red ink shut me down for over 30 years. I'm struggling to find my way now. Journaling helps but it is hard to kick over into fiction. The internal editor is too strong and too loud. Anyway, keep writing! I'll keep trying! Just found your blog. I love this particular article!

I never got a chance to go to college, but having my high school term papers marked up all over in red ink shut me down for over 30 years. I’m struggling to find my way now. Journaling helps but it is hard to kick over into fiction. The internal editor is too strong and too loud.

Anyway, keep writing! I’ll keep trying!

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