• Foggy Landscape
    Creative,  Writing

    In the Deep Recesses

    In the deep recesses of my mind, behind the web of memories, beyond the sea of emotion, there exists a world that I strive to describe in words. To write that perfect plot, create the perfect character and recreate for you, the world that is cloaked in a fog challenges my very being.  I can’t tell if it is the character throwing me into a personality conflict, or if it is the plots expanding and contracting like an accordion, that stop me dead in the midst of writing. As much as I would love to create complicated and deep plots, I can’t help but wonder how my mind can think…

  • Challenges,  Creative,  Insanity,  Passion,  Writing

    Endless Quest or Insanity?

    It is beyond me how one small activity, one small joy in my life can be so darned frustrating. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE writing. I love creating the characters, the stories, I love working through plots and sub-plots and describing in words what I used to imagine when I read.  But the process is a long one, and a very tedious one. In the creative writing classes I took, we were told,    “Write the story. Don’t edit, don’t go back – just write it from start to finish. Then worry about editing.”    WELL! It is much easier said than done. As I work on my recent brilliant story…