tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8541092227840778213.post4805614940480911401..comments2010-08-18T08:41:45.593-07:00Comments on Rick's Musings - From the Spirtual to the Mundane: What's stopping me...Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13399888683799237095noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8541092227840778213.post-33249642487347464492007-11-28T04:40:00.000-08:002007-11-28T04:40:00.000-08:00Yay, I'm glad you will be writing here! I, too, f...Yay, I'm glad you will be writing here! I, too, feel there is a book somewhere in me. I tried writing about my backpacking trip in Asia, but what came out was a whole bunch of essays, not really a unifying book, just cool stories. Also, travel stories are way more fun when you are miserable and lost and tired, and I was mostly happy and irony-free on my trip. Ah well, another idea will come someday. Still, it was a lot of fun getting it all out. <BR/><BR/>In NY there is a writers workshop, I forget what they are called, but I bet there is something similar in LA. I was in an online class with about 15 people, and every week or so we'd have a writing assignment to go over different aspects of how you write, then we'd share what we'd written and critique everyone else. It was SO helpful (the due dates force you to write), and a whole lot of fun. This was a memoir sort of class, so this is where I did a lot of my travel writing, but no doubt they'd have fiction classes too. Actually, I think it was called Gotham City Writers Workshop. Maybe. But it is online, so you could still take the class from LA, come to think of it one of my classmates was from Indiana or something. <BR/><BR/>Hope you feel better soon.Robbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01360501621610946324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8541092227840778213.post-14155144446905006852007-11-27T20:38:00.000-08:002007-11-27T20:38:00.000-08:00*hugs* Feel better soon, hon!!Writing is an intere...*hugs* Feel better soon, hon!!<BR/><BR/>Writing is an interesting process. Your friend has some good advice. I've never attempted anything as big as a book before, but the interest to write has been in my blood for many years, and I've read several books on the how-to. One of these day I may put pen to paper myself.<BR/><BR/>Good luck with your new endeavor!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com