Yup, I know.. It's pretty sad really! Well as long as I'm involved in something to do with the media - I'll be happy :)

Poor, but happy (Not exactly the highest-paying profession, but that's not why I got into it either

I'm writing a musical. its a different style of writing, but its all storytelling anyways, right?

I am a writer and considering beeing a part time writer some time along the track. Like I'll have my I.T job but work on a novel in my spare time. Thw only thing holding me back now is that I have no or little ideas to work with. I've started to write long stories before but after a few pages I look back and see how crap it is. I need...inspiration.

I'm sure ideas will hit you, Minimint1. Don't force the inspiration. Go out, look around, watch movies, read books, etc. It will eventually come.

I'm currently writing my first book, and honestly, ideas aren't a problem for me. The problem lies within the fact I wanna jam pack it full of a million ideas. But as of right now, I think I have finally reached a healthy balance for it. But you don't even wanna know how many books I've started and scrapped because eventually I realized the idea just wouldn't work. I might even post the beginning here once I'm a lil more familiar with the place.

But here's the thing about scrapping work. Never completely get rid of an idea or a piece of writing. Take it with you, and keep it in the back of your mind even if you don't use it. Eventually it might help. And don't get discouraged if you end up scrapping a bunch of stuff... it's natural.

See, that's where I think blogs come in. Get it all down on 'digital paper," then you could, down the road, cut, paste, knit and weave it in an order you prefer. I just blogged about my mother's suicide when I was 9 - something I was not allowed to talk about on-air. After all, it's not the thing you want to hear coming from the TV, from someone you semi-know (or feel you do), over dinner or a drink at the bar. I understand why my supervisors didn't want me to tell it there,and appreciated the fact they didn't mind if I blogged about it.

I seem to have lots of bizzare ideas but move on to the next one before i can capture it in
either my head or on paper. I know one solution is to say them out loud and record it on a
phone/device/whatever but i found hearing my self saying the words in an empty room just put me off my stride and i was too often losing my train of thought.

How thrilled was i when i discovered the d30000 on ebay! Using this device i have been able to
speed up my thinking process to a point where there isn't enough time 'mid thought' for any
outside conscious distractions to disrupt my ideas.

However, i have also found the joys of the d30000s 'max' mode which in the last 6 months has made it possible for me to cram in as many thoughts as man twice my age and as a result i have developed what i think is a rare form of schizophrenia.
I feel old before my years but only have the life experience of someone half my mental age. The
conversations i have with myself are like those of a wise parent advising an adolencent teenager. I try to rebel against this by doing things that simply aren't sensible or well thought out, but always stop myself at the last second because deep down something is telling me that it will all end in tears.

I want to stop using the d30000 but i'm hopelessly addicted and know of no organisations to help me with my problem. I'm not sure where it will all end. Maybe i will wear my mind out and end up blowing spit bubbles in a secure environment somewhere leafy. Perhaps there is only so many thoughts you can have before little green men appear and take you back to mother jesus mohammed.
I will say though that i received it within 4 working days and it was only £2.70 postage costs so
i will have to get my finger out and post some positive feedback.

Cliff, I haven't a clue what the d3000 is but you sure make it fascinating - and entertaining, too!

Obs, you still owe me the composition for our duet.


A year after you've got 18k posts now.

I like writing. I post a lot in the forums, I am a scribbler too. I like having a pen and paper around to note my thoughts. I mostly write for myself (mommy diary, kids scrapbooks). I made that blog here just for kicks because it was fun to do. I also write technical training materials when I was still working. I give seminars and I develop the instructional modules for other HR trainors. In school, I wrote some stuff for the features column of the university paper.

Still I'm far from a book a writer so I don't really consider myself a "writer". I wrote songs and short stories before but meh.....

I write a lot...it's basically all I do. I mostly write stories and poems, though I've written a few novels.

Has anyone heard of NaNoWriMo? :)