tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post250637331943178935..comments2023-10-11T08:54:40.442-05:00Comments on Unedited: Did it start at Childhood?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03667521490706435608noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-15476001682968104992011-06-07T22:02:21.715-05:002011-06-07T22:02:21.715-05:00I am with you on wanting to know the author's ...I am with you on wanting to know the author's story before reading a book. If the insert is not informative enough, I'll go with Google as well.<br /><br />For me, I communicate better while running--so writing allows me to explain ideas that I would likely fumble if spoken.Slamdunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13087161268629251860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-58446075634324715482011-06-05T17:11:32.834-05:002011-06-05T17:11:32.834-05:00I started writing very early about age 9 or 10 but...I started writing very early about age 9 or 10 but until recently never really considered myself a writer. I wrote journals, poetry and short stories but never shared them or even told people that I wrote and then when I started blogging I was bitten by the bug and there was no turning back.Dafeenahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078199274088729529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-68925302165566521962011-06-04T21:48:24.048-05:002011-06-04T21:48:24.048-05:00i started writing when i was in high school. it wa...i started writing when i was in high school. it was much easier to talk to a sheet a paper than trying to explain what i was feeling without everyone thinking i was too crazy. although i don't do it for my profession, i love to write. <br />and i love the blog.<br /><br />hope you are having an awesome weekend!<br />Lindsey.Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513239816159003309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-90343173719933173402011-06-04T19:17:04.906-05:002011-06-04T19:17:04.906-05:00I've always had an overactive imagination. Th...I've always had an overactive imagination. Then when I became a bookworm in middle school, I figured out what my calling was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-12611401983593407402011-06-04T17:07:15.025-05:002011-06-04T17:07:15.025-05:00Tomorrow...yes, tomorrow I started writing. maybe....Tomorrow...yes, tomorrow I started writing. maybe.Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13676928110297819368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-9260497397288526262011-06-04T14:41:53.099-05:002011-06-04T14:41:53.099-05:00I started because I like the physical act of writi...I started because I like the physical act of writing - the graze of the pencil on the paper, or the way the ballpoint feels... I love a bruised page that is filled with words. I needed to have a lot to write - so books seemed the natural thing.<br />LxLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03604785269958873474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-11489865851825457922011-06-04T11:47:32.500-05:002011-06-04T11:47:32.500-05:00Started early,used to have personal dairies where ...Started early,used to have personal dairies where all secrets n reflections were penned,but cud n agree more on acknowledgments,there's always so much tactile honesty in it,I remember my research paper for my post grad, the acknowledgments par is still my favourite :)lensighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04444885258560869544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-34923693258412864672011-06-04T11:03:15.900-05:002011-06-04T11:03:15.900-05:00ahaha. This is a perfect time to tell you that I t...ahaha. This is a perfect time to tell you that I tagged you in a meme on my blog...which describes why I write--as an escape. <br /><br />Looking back, I had always loved to write anyway, I just didn't know what I was trying to say!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00503400522084515874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-7126536997039558752011-06-03T21:27:35.538-05:002011-06-03T21:27:35.538-05:00As soon as I could hold a pencil, or crayon. I rem...As soon as I could hold a pencil, or crayon. I remember writing letters and stories to my Grandma. She'd "read" them. But, I didn't know I wanted to be a published author until I was in my 30's.Mary Aalgaardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051735579638637382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-70483538780641998422011-06-03T15:46:15.825-05:002011-06-03T15:46:15.825-05:00I have always loved to write, but never really tho...I have always loved to write, but never really thought I was good enough to make it my profession. I wrote so many stories when I was little- I found one the other day- a whole sci fi dystopian thing with made up words and everything. I must have done it in 3rd grade or so. Not until my husband encouraged me to actually write my ideas down did I start writing seriously. And I love reading the acknowledgements as well.Abby Minardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963640263845561309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-22501584751894726332011-06-03T15:31:12.244-05:002011-06-03T15:31:12.244-05:00I always read the acknowledgements too - it's ...I always read the acknowledgements too - it's great to get some insight.Elena Solodowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03037029195682225565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-78242609224945896042011-06-03T15:00:23.570-05:002011-06-03T15:00:23.570-05:00I started writing about the same time you did...or...I started writing about the same time you did...or at least the time you decided to write your first novel. Jan 2010 right? I can honestly tell you that I was not a writer before. Well, maybe just in my head for a little bit before, but that's it. <br /><br />And I like to read the acknowledgements after I finish the book. I love to get the feel of the writer and know what they went through to get that book on the shelf. Just like you...but later :)Michelle Merrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00040685503147648297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-44704189955127400132011-06-03T14:17:29.256-05:002011-06-03T14:17:29.256-05:00I've always been writing. I'll never stop!...I've always been writing. I'll never stop!Nicole Zoltackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07464800543376449290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-23587540932708288062011-06-03T14:09:36.946-05:002011-06-03T14:09:36.946-05:00I always read the acknowledgements first too!
An...I always read the acknowledgements first too! <br /><br />And I started writing because... well, I can only think I started because I must have been crazy at that moment. But I wouldn't change my inital decision for the world! :)Kimberly Franklinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13957037411750752950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-15174828610075682692011-06-03T13:01:09.975-05:002011-06-03T13:01:09.975-05:00I wish you had answered your own question, when di...I wish you had answered your own question, when did you start? :)) Like someone above, I was bullied as a kid and spent a lot of time reading, writing, and colouring. The art didn't pan out, but the writing bug came back at 10year intervals all my life. About a year and a half ago, a good friend said "You should be writing, you know." So I took him at his word and began again.Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831231531918915804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-5200148644926982392011-06-03T12:13:54.346-05:002011-06-03T12:13:54.346-05:00I started early. Very early infact. It began with ...I started early. Very early infact. It began with telling my mother stories every night. Yes, it was the other way around for us.Bidishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17382938442171208326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-50270159751231789542011-06-03T11:50:44.824-05:002011-06-03T11:50:44.824-05:00I like reading the author's page and acknowled...I like reading the author's page and acknowledgments too! I found my passion when I learned to read by myself. I loved books so much I decided to write my own!Laura S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13934230198562773803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-85686350337344166432011-06-03T11:48:27.085-05:002011-06-03T11:48:27.085-05:00I wrote my first story in 6th grade - about a girl...I wrote my first story in 6th grade - about a girl, Cathy, who went to the fair for her birthday and fell off the ferris wheel - last words from the mother, hunched over her dead and bleeding daughter: "Happy Birthday, Cathy." Oh, dear, a little too dramatic perhaps? Anyway, haven't stopped writing since :)mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-47538007930154698662011-06-03T11:18:19.480-05:002011-06-03T11:18:19.480-05:00It never occurred to me as a kid-seriously, I love...It never occurred to me as a kid-seriously, I loved to read and I kept a journal but the whole writer thing just never popped into my brain. It wasn't until I had my daughter that the lightbulb went on.Johanna Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515478890074610814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-48799920958859224742011-06-03T10:54:33.028-05:002011-06-03T10:54:33.028-05:00I wrote a ton as a child. . .usually poems and sho...I wrote a ton as a child. . .usually poems and short stories. I think it's something I was meant to enjoy. Great post Jen:)Lindsay N. Curriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347055390748782853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-21545616373236347632011-06-03T09:32:24.662-05:002011-06-03T09:32:24.662-05:00I always had a crazy imagination but I discovered ...I always had a crazy imagination but I discovered my love of writing right along with my love of reading- around 13 years old or so. I did some LJ smith fan fiction when I was in highschool and started two books that never got finished just because I wanted to live something different from my own life. Other than that I just always enjoyed expressing myself through writing- even if it was just a paper for a class.Creepy Query Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18115161057496086972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-58376462008913658362011-06-03T09:26:49.594-05:002011-06-03T09:26:49.594-05:00I started writing as a kid--horrible stories about...I started writing as a kid--horrible stories about Mr. Peach and Mr. Plum. My dad would tell me stories every night, so I guess I got that from him.Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00462382909938737612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-68950678135083006862011-06-03T08:56:39.416-05:002011-06-03T08:56:39.416-05:00I started writing because it is better than being ...I started writing because it is better than being stuck in my own head hahahaha<br /><br />Have a great weekendJillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04185423759021869130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-38883754590112454372011-06-03T08:44:50.819-05:002011-06-03T08:44:50.819-05:00I wrote some as a child, but it was never a drivin...I wrote some as a child, but it was never a driving passion. Guess years of reading book and watching science fiction movies prompted me to create my own story.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122888753760790051.post-4545068047665798862011-06-03T08:40:53.569-05:002011-06-03T08:40:53.569-05:00I started writing as a child, but it never occurre...I started writing as a child, but it never occurred to me to write for publication until I was an adult. As a child, I wrote tons of stories and sent them around my family to read, and back then, that was all the audience I needed.Cheyannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05924234364835409650noreply@blogger.com