Why I Write

My journey with writing began in high school, but did not take the form of actually writing. I, as were most teenagers, was a fantasizer. Whether it be my favourite teen idol, Toronto Maple Leaf hockey player, or high school crush, I fantasized and relayed these “stories” to my friends telling them, “I had this dream…”

I don’t know where the idea of writing these stories came from. I had a couple of friends who also liked to “tell stories” and we wrote them. They were about us and the aforementioned teen idol, hockey player, or school jock.

That is all we wrote about. Long after these friends disappeared from my life I took one of those stories and started to re-write it changing the names. Since I am not that familiar with Hollywood I changed the setting. The next thing I knew I was changing the whole story except for the original premise.

Going back further into my past I can thank my Barbie dolls for honing the imagination God gifted to me. Barbies, baby dolls, make-believe – these were all mediums for my imagination.
I took Creative Writing grade 10. In that class we were required to write a journal. I have been writing journals of varying topics ever since.

I dabbled in poetry and do so more now, but never thought I would write articles or even short stories. My so-called dreams were long-winded taking at least an hour to relay to my friends.

In a nutshell I am a storyteller. I get my ideas from my own fantasies, which aren’t always good. I imagine the bad happening and turn that into a story. Or I take events from my own life, or someone else’s, and create stories from them.

I have quite an imagination and can dream up (no pun intended) great tales, or what I believe to be great. Though I have progressed to poet and perhaps journalist, I think of myself as a storyteller first – wife and mother second.

Nine Ways to Trick Yourself Into Writing

This link from the blog of a writer in the U.K. Writer's Relief posted it on Facebook. You may want to take a look.

http://www.matthewhillswebsite.co.uk/2010/01/nine-ways-to-trick-yourself-into-writing/

THE MOVIE 2012 & WRITING

I cannot count the number of people who have spoken to me about the “end of the world” that supposedly occurs on December 21, 2012 according to the Mayan Calendar. This belief to me is similar to the 2000 hoax regarding the YK2 problem or as I like to call it “The 2000 Version of the Emperor’s New Clothes". Do you remember the Nostradamus eclipse of 1999? No shocking event happened after it.

Could 2012 be like the YK2 problem that once the Mayan calendar cycle is set to zero, it will reset itself like an odometer or clock striking midnight? Or like the YK2 problem the computer resets itself to 2000 without any help from the programmers?

Being a sci-fi addict, I enjoyed the movie 2012. It’s about the biggest expiry date known to mankind and it is another example of fear controlling the masses. (Similar to the H1N1 flu shot phenomenal.)

The movie's storyline is believable. The action and special effects are amazing. The movie provokes thought such as what is important in my life? We get to view a world gone mad and see the resulting climax. I give this film high marks for entertainment.

Since my second near-death experience in 1996, I've thought a lot about expiry dates. In the movie, Blade Runner, the robots searched for their maker, in order to obtain their expiry dates.

What does 2012 have to do with writing? If you knew your expiry date, would it prompt you to finish your non-fiction book or novel or any dream that you have for your creative life? Do you wish to arrive at heaven’s door with regret? If you died tomorrow what would be your greatest regret? What would cause your heart to ache? What would cause your soul to tremble and ten thousand tears to fall? Even if you stood before God, you would remember it.

Most people when dying speak of things that they didn't do with regret.

Live your dream. Begin today. Make peace in your world.
Life is too short to harbour regrets.