ON WRITING...ONLY AN OPINION

IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT BOOKS ON WRITING SELDOM WORK, THOUGH THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS, A DEAR FRIEND SENT ME THE APPROPRIATE BOOK FOR ME AND THE WAY I WRITE, IT'S LIKE TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT SIZE GLOVE...THIS BOOK TOLD ME IT WAS ALL RIGHT TO WRITE LONG SENTENCES...SOME BOOKS ON WRITING ENCOURAGE SHORT SENTENCES...BUT IN MY HUMBLE OPINION THIS CAN STOP THE FLOW...IT'S LIKE THIS AUDIENCES ARE SMART AND USUALLY ARE WAY AHEAD OF THE STORY...WHEN I WRITE I GO WITH THE FLOW...AND WHEN THE FLOW HAS BEEN SATISFIED IS WHEN I END THE SENTENCE...I BELIEVE HUMBLY OF COURSE, THAT WRITING IS PAINTING A PICTURE THE SAME AS WHEN YOU'RE SELLING A PRODUCT...YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT PERSONAL TO YOU... NO ONE HAS THE SAME LIFE EXPERIENCES, SIMILAR, YES, OR NOT, BUT WHAT MAKES IT PERSONAL IS YOU...YOUR RESPONSES ARE UNIQUELY YOURS...YOUR THOUGHTS...YOUR INTERPRETATION...HOW YOU CARE ABOUT SOMETHING...WHAT TURNS YOU ON, OR WHAT DOESN'T AND WHY THAT IS...WRITING IS LIKE BEING AN ARK-KEY-OLOGIST YOU MUST KEEP DIGGING TO FIND THE TREATURE, THE MORE YOU DIG THE MORE YOU REVEAL YOURSELF AND THAT CAN BE LIBERATING... WRITING FOR ME WORKS IN THE FREE FORM, WHEN WORKING ON A SPECIFIC PROJECT I TRY NOT TO BE INFLUENCED BY OTHER WRITERS IN ORDER NOT TO BE INFLUENCED BY SOMEONE ELSE'S OPINION,,,CHOOSING TO SEARCH MYSELF OUT AS TO HOW I REALLY TRULY FEEL ABOUT A SITUATION... AFTER A PROJECT IS COMPLETED IS WHEN I WILL INUNDATE MYSELF BY READING...I USE INSTEAD VISUALS OF EVERY DAY EVENTS...A FRIEND WOULD SAY, "YOU CAN'T CREATE IN A VACUUM" IT TOOK ME AWHILE TO ABSORB THE MEANING OF THAT... WRITING SHOULD NOT INHIBIT YOU IT SHOULD FREE YOU AND MANY BOOKS ON WRITING HAVE STIFLED ME...ALSO IT IS FUN...WRITE ABOUT WHAT YOU CARE ABOUT MOST...YOU DON'T HAVE TO WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW...THAT'S WHAT'S RESEARCH IS FOR, RIGHT? THANKS FOR LISTENING HAVE A BRILLIANT DAY! (C)COPYRIGHTED BY GWENDOLYN L MITCHELL ON 3/24/15 AT 3:27AM LA,CA 90046