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Julie J. "I
have a story I feel needs to be told and I'm
strongly motivated and excited to write and
publish this story to share my knowledge and
experiences of hosting exchange students in our
home from many countries and cultures."
-- Barbara, Bardonia, N.Y.
"I just need to write . It's a part of me."
-- Mary, San Bernadino Ca. "I don't know. I just write."
-- Paul, Las Vegas " Writing gives me a way to do something more with my business and feel productive at the same time."
-- Ben, E. Wenatchee, Wa. " I heard a story that cried out to be told."
-- Marjorie, Newark, N.J.
"Writing is therapeutic. I can write what I feel,
even when I can't say it."
-- Becky, Toronto, Canada.
"When I write I feel free."
-- Evan, New York, N.Y.
" Get all kinds of weird thoughts and i
turn them into really neat stories."
-- Robert, Nyack, N.Y. "Stories express my inner needs. When someone reads them,
they know me better."
-- Mary, San Jose , Ca.
"I want to write because lovely imaginings flit past me during the day. I want to capture them and share some of them. Plus, it's nice to work at something that allows me creativity, quirks, and fun. "
-- Mary, St. Louis, Mo
"I have a passion for reading good literature (and a good bit of schlock lit. too) and writing gives me an opportunity to see my ideas come alive on the page. (This is more of a goal as most of my writing so far has been self-expressive. I want to write more, but have never been able to express my ideas clearly, to make the words clearly convey what I mean. Never got to trying to create a character.) I find writing helps me to express my inner feelings about life and the world around me.
Writing is a creative activity I enjoy.
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Do You Have Something To Say…or
Better Yet Write?
F. Barish-Stern
Most of us do! But most
of us, never do!
When I was a little girl,
children were supposed to be seen and not heard, so I kept
my mouth shut…and wrote what I felt!
I guess that was a good thing
in the long run, because that’s how I became a writer. I
wrote out of necessity, I was always a loner, and shut
myself up in my room, and dreamed of being something I
wasn’t, then wrote it all down. I imagined so many
things, but couldn’t write fast enough to get it all onto
the paper before it faded into the next idea.
Unlike me, many people just
want to write for fun. Some people want to express
themselves and their ideas, while others conjure up great
story plots, just waiting to be shared. But there are also
those who are driven to write; to leave a message for
present and future generations. The problem is, the
majority never put pen to paper and these stories remain
unwritten!
I was driven and lived to
write. My first story, “The World I See,” won awards
and my second story, “Rainbow City,” was actually published
in the Arts Review. Over the years I had other stories
published, but as I got older, I drifted more toward
non-fiction pieces for newspapers and magazines.
That was, until my sons
decided that video games were more interesting than reading.
That’s when I pulled the old imagination out of the drawer
and got to work. They loved superheroes so I created a
75 page superhero story I was sure would encourage them to
read. No such luck, so in the bottom drawer it
went…and I picked up my pen and went back to the real world.
So why am I telling you this?
Years later I met a New York
City editor and told her about the story I wrote for my
sons, and she actually wanted to read it.
That moment changed my life.
She encouraged me to work on the story and at the same time
we built a lasting friendship. We spent hours
and hours talking about writing and writers and the
exclusive publishing world that was so hard to break into.
We decided with our combined
backgrounds we could probably help people who wanted to
write. We did forums and discovered many people just
needed that encouragement to get started, or help nurturing
their ideas. Some of their stories needed structure
and editing, while others were rejected and really just
needed another set of eyes to provide what needed in order
to be published. But the brightest moments were when
we met people who just wanted to write….
We put together a writing and
publishing company that became a place for anyone who wanted
to write. Once a month, we offered, “Networking with
the Authors,” an open house where writers shared their work,
writing concerns and the problems they experienced. It
was usually a “standing room only,” afternoon that
invigorated their writing minds and was an incredible
platform for both novice and established writers.
Most people at one time or
another have told us they have the desire to “someday” write
a book…but, most people never will! I believe that writing
a book shouldn’t be an impossible task to begin or an uphill
battle to finish, but rather the stuff dreams are made of!
Over the years we’ve learned
so much from the writers we mentored. They felt most
writing guides and courses were dry and hard to get through,
so they quit. We decided to make the process fun!
We created the POWER OF 3, The THREE WISE GUIDES, the
writer, Ms. IWANNA B WRITER, the wise old owl, Ms. EDI TOR,
the fox with a fountain pen, and Mr. I. M. PUBLISHER, the
successful English type dog-gent, each character shares
their professional prospective to give anyone who wants to
write a step-by-step guide to the construction of a book
from the idea to the finished and published story.
We even road tested the
concept on my super hero story, now an almost 800 page
published trilogy.
If you really want to write
DO IT NOW! Don’t wait for the “someday,” it usually
doesn’t come. Find the best find way to get started
and stick with it to the end. If solitary writing is a
problem, find a group or mentor. If getting started
and staying on track, is your issue follow a step by step
guide that you will stick with. What ever your issue find
your solution…Someday when your words are being read you
will be so glad you did!
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