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JorieJukebox On January 29, 2024
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Right Here, Not There,
#1New Post! Jan 24, 2015 @ 01:30:47
I've always loved to write... Simple journal writing, poetry & prose... Writing just to WRITE. I have notebooks upon NOTEBOOKS of lyrics to my favorite songs, journals, lists of words I look up and write down... I just like putting that ink on paper!

A couple of months ago, I was cleaning out one of my Mom's closets for her. (She was afraid of the spiders I never DID find, lol.)
It turned out, there was a few boxes of my stuff in there as well. Books, mostly. And some VHS tapes. I don't even own a VCR anymore... Does anyone???
I also found a lot of writing that I thought I had lost a long time ago. Pages of story that looked like my English teacher got a hold of with all the red circles and notes in the margins...
I've been inspired. It's all I want to do, is WRITE. I've written pages and pages of notes on the initial story I found. Plot notes, character notes, location notes... Notes that have pretty much rendered the first 30 pages I'd written long ago obsolete. (I had tried re-writing it, but it never ever came out right...)
I went out and bought a bunch of new notebooks, because I've been reading about all these projects I want to do, and a few, I've already started. Freewriting prompts and exercises... Specific creative writing projects... I have totally thrown myself into this...
Finding those pages of writing I thought I'd lost re-awakened something... And whatever it is, GOT SOME REST and is back with a force... I am loving what it's done to me.
mrmhead On March 27, 2024




NE, Ohio
#2New Post! Jan 24, 2015 @ 01:41:22
Good for you!
With today's technology, there are so many more avenues for you to get your work out there - if that's what you're looking to do
JorieJukebox On January 29, 2024
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Right Here, Not There,
#3New Post! Jan 24, 2015 @ 02:19:07
@mrmhead Said

Good for you!
With today's technology, there are so many more avenues for you to get your work out there - if that's what you're looking to do

Thanks! I'm not entirely sure as to how far I'll attempt to take anything that comes of this... Although, honestly, I have daydreamed a bit, as to where it could go. But for the most part, I am writing just for the joy of writing.
I do like this technology... for so many reasons but mostly because it allows me to be the attention whore that I can tend to be, but it lets me do it on my terms... Instant gratification, if you will, lol... And all at my fingertips.
As for the actual writing, I prefer the good old pen to paper. I've tried getting inspired over the keyboard, it just doesn't work for me... It's more personal... More... ORGANIC... To me anyway.
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