Reading is something I usually do really well...until lately. I need to read more. I am a bit creatively exhausted, which has kept me from reading. But one thing I know is that reading is extremely important for writers. Writers read. That's extremely important.
My funks come and go, but I always hate them went they come.
The other day, I read the first couple of chapters of The Tiger's Wife and I loved it. It even made me cry, but I haven't picked up the marvelous book yet.
Aside from reading my own work, which I need to do soon, I hope to begin reading again soon.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Thoughts on My Week with Marilyn
Tonight, I saw My Week with Marilyn. Aside from being a really entertaining look at the making of The Prince and the Showgirl from the eyes of the Third Assistant Director, Colin Clark. Colin is a twenty-three year old that desperately wants to work in the entertainment industry. Through determination and family connections, he finds work with Sir Lawrence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. The performances in the film from Branagh and Williams are Oscar worthy.
I see some of myself in Colin, definitely not the wanting to sleep with Marilyn part. He longs to work in the entertainment industry, as I do. I want to create art, and be surrounded by people who also create art. I want to give something to the world, inspire people, encourage people, help people through life.
I am doing my best now to become a writer. I wrote my first draft, now comes the hard work, making it good enough to get published.
I see some of myself in Colin, definitely not the wanting to sleep with Marilyn part. He longs to work in the entertainment industry, as I do. I want to create art, and be surrounded by people who also create art. I want to give something to the world, inspire people, encourage people, help people through life.
I am doing my best now to become a writer. I wrote my first draft, now comes the hard work, making it good enough to get published.
And so it began...
I want to document my journey from being an unpublished author to hopefully someday being a published one. That is what this blog and my Twitter (@TperiodKyle) is going to accomplish.
My book started last month when I decided to try NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) for the first time. It is an event billed as "thirty days and nights of literary abandon!" The goal is to write a 50,000 word novel in the 30 short days in November. I have considered doing it the past few years, but never took the time to do it.
I did not want to fail, so I didn't start. But this year, I did it. In October, I made a brief plan, came up with an idea and became determined to do it. I got up early everyday and wrote before work. This is my first major writing project outside of school. I found it easy. The words, the characters, the stories, they flowed out of me with little trouble. By the 29th of the month, I was finished with my debut novel, Woodrow.
Completing the first draft of my novel is the first step in a long journey. I now have to edit over and over again; immerse myself in the literary and publishing world; relentlessly promote myself and try to make a name for myself; and keep writing.
I can do this.
My book started last month when I decided to try NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) for the first time. It is an event billed as "thirty days and nights of literary abandon!" The goal is to write a 50,000 word novel in the 30 short days in November. I have considered doing it the past few years, but never took the time to do it.
I did not want to fail, so I didn't start. But this year, I did it. In October, I made a brief plan, came up with an idea and became determined to do it. I got up early everyday and wrote before work. This is my first major writing project outside of school. I found it easy. The words, the characters, the stories, they flowed out of me with little trouble. By the 29th of the month, I was finished with my debut novel, Woodrow.
Completing the first draft of my novel is the first step in a long journey. I now have to edit over and over again; immerse myself in the literary and publishing world; relentlessly promote myself and try to make a name for myself; and keep writing.
I can do this.
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