September 14, 2008

The write relationship

I have to be perfectly honest and that is I actually never really liked writing, in fact I have always hated it. I can’t spell and don’t get me started on grammar. Writing for me was always a must and credit in school I needed to pass. But somehow my teachers loved my work. I have had many English teachers and creative writing teacher ask me to attend classes or workshops, and I would always decline, which I regret now. I felt that my writing quality was based on the grammar and spelling alone. How wrong I was.

It wasn’t until later in life that I realized how much I do love creating stories. I would create wonderful fantasy world for my little boy, each night I would tell of new adventures and characters. He ate up every word and would always ask for more. That is when I realized that I do loved to write.

I never decide that I am going to write a story. I just start hearing voices in my head talking to me and playing out sense. I usually will dream about each character for several weeks’ even months before I attempt to write them down. I am one that truly believes that characters in book create themselves. They develop themselves and use writers as vessels to care the story.
Writing is an outlet for me a way to keep the voices silent in my head. Yes I am truly crazy!
My husband on the other had says that it is not creative thinking it is called Sketsophrenia. What ever the name or disease I enjoy telling stories. I love to making people laugh, cry and sympathy's with characters that I formed out of dreams.


3 comments:

Jocelyn Christensen said...

Hey Brit - It sounds like you are a true fiction writer! You've got these characters coming to you in dreams and popping into your head until you can get them written down. That's really neat and how I've heard other fiction writers describe their process as well. Now all you need is a good editor...but spelllllling is over-rated! Ha ha!

Do you keep a running journal of these characters. A working notebook might be helpful for you!

Rindi said...

I do the same thing! So, maybe I am schizophrenic too. My dad has published a few books and that is exactly how he comes up with his characters...they "speak" to him. I feel like I am just writing down what my characters are saying to me. It's crazy, I know. But fun too! So keep it up! I'm sure you are much more creative than me.

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