This essay is really hard to write
23May2007 Filed under: Writing Author: DawnI hope I figure out what I’m saying soon.
I love editing so much more than getting things on paper the first time. You know what’s helping? I told a writing friend what it was about after she commented on an earlier entry and she cheered me on.
I used to think writers were meant to be solitary but I was wrong.
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I have two kids and a delightfully odd husband, Brett. My children are Noah (born to us in 1997) and Madison (born to her first mom, Pennie, in 2004 and brought to our family through a domestic, open adoption). They are my inspiration and also the reason I don't get more done around here.
I'm a writer and sometimes I get published, which is a nice thing. I write for joy, I write for money and when I'm very lucky, both things happen at the same time. My work appears in national publications including Yoga Journal, Disney's Family.com, Utne, Wondertime, Brain Child and Salon. Currently I am working on a book about my daughter's adoption and seeking representation for the proposal. I also own Smart Cookie Communications with my husband.
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Susan
May 24th, 2007 at 2:10 am
Cheer cheer! And I can never be a solitary writer, either.
JanO
May 24th, 2007 at 8:15 am
Aw, buddy, I’m sorry you felt alone in this. I just chatted up a writer friend of mine after AGONIZING over a small, barely-paying piece. I wanted to quit writing forever but instead called her. She told me she recently heard fabulous storyteller Anna Quindlen say she hates to write — but she loves having written. And so it is with all of us. I’m with Susan. I could never be a solitary writer either.
Yondalla
May 24th, 2007 at 9:51 am
I tell my students when they are having trouble writing a paper to sit down and write a letter to a friend telling her/her ABOUT the paper. Complain about how difficult it is to write, about what you think you are going to write about it, what you think you want to say about it.
Then print the letter, allow to sit for one to two days, and re-read. I assure them the bulk of the paper is probably there.
They tell me it generally works.