When family and friends ask what I want for my birthday, my
typical response is “it’s okay, nothing!” or “scented lotions, scented candles
or bath/shower gels.”
This year my answer is different. I WANT TO BE PUBLISHED! Being a writer and not
being published is like having an awesome new dress or outfit and nowhere to
wear it to show it off. Of course, one
could say that the dress is only beautiful to the wearer, no one else likes it
but her.
The same could be said for writing. No one thinks his/her writing
is good but him/her. I hope that’s not the case with my writing. I want to
touch people, bless people, minister to people with my writing.
I grew up in church. In days of yon, anyone and everyone
could get up and sing a special. And dear hearts, some of those people couldn’t
sing worth a hoot. In fact, some were
like fingernails scraping on a chalkboard. The sad thing is that they THOUGHT
they were the cat’s meow (no pun intended) with their singing. Or some of those
contestants that try out for American Idol or America’s Got Talent. With have
no skills or talent at all.
I do understand that there are some that “write” whose
writing is like the fingernails scraping on chalkboard. We had one such gal in
a writer’s group I belonged to a few years ago. Her WIP or novel she was
working on was appealing, at least it was to her and her family since it was
her life’s story, but her writing skills and technique was deplorable. And although our critique time with her was
gentle and gracious, she got the hint and quit coming.
DON”T EVER QUIT! If writing is your passion, your dream,
then use critiques to grow your craft and learn from it. Some critique will not
be accurate, but always keep an open mind.
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