Saturday, January 11, 2014

Writing Books

"I'm an author. We don't want to lead. We don't need to follow. We stay home and make stuff up and write it down and send it out into the world, and get inside people's heads. Perhaps we change the world and perhaps we don't. We never know. We just make stuff up." -- Neil Gaiman

Being a writer can be so many things. You can make things up. You can be at home writing in your pajamas, or you could be at work and also be writing. You can be anywhere and still be writing. You can be basically anywhere in the whole world and write about anything. I've read once that you cannot just wait for inspiration, you just have to go at whatever you're writing with a club. You can't just wait for inspiration to come and hit you, you just really need to start writing and just keep going without stoping. All you have to really do is just write one word at a time and then before you actually know it, you're done with whatever you're writing. But there could also be moments where you just completely and totally have writers' block. You should at least be really be brave enough to actually show your writings to people and just ask them of what they really think about whatever you're writing. Writing can be made of anything, you can make anything by writing, by reading books, they can make you feel so many things. Sometimes, I just write in the dark with music playing and no one home, but if there are people here, then I just still write whether or not they're here and sometimes, just talk to them and write at the same time. I want to see writers writing everywhere and anywhere, just be brave in what you do, no matter what you're doing, so, just write a story and try having it published in any way shape or form. Just live your dream, and don't care what people think, just care about what you think and just write.

And if you're trying get your book published and you get rejected so many times, just know that there is always someone out there who will say yes. I mean look at J.K. Rowling, her story for Harry Potter got rejected so many times, but did she give up? NO, she didn't, she actually wrote something and someone out there actually said yes to her. Now, if she had given up, we wouldn't have Harry Potter, his friends and their adventures or even her other two books. Writing is hard, but it's also easy, all you really have to do is just write one word at a time, that's just basically it, one word at a time. Everything that needs to be written just has to take time and actual thought. And here I am writing about books and how to write them, even though I have no idea what to do when I'm also writing my stories and I mean this when I'm writing my stories. I just mean when I'm trying to write my stories I just have no idea what to write next. I mean other than one word at a time (haha, joke). Anyways, writing is just one the greatest things in the world, you can just write about anything. Unless it's really inappropriate, then don't write things like that. Anyways, to me, writing is just really great, only because you can get out what you really want to say whether or not you're actually writing about something like Harry Potter and things similar to that.

"After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world." -- Philip Pullman

I think that's pretty much right because stories are what we need in the world because if we didn't, then we wouldn't have the stories and things that we have now. I may not know a lot about writing, but at least that when you're at least trying to get out to get published you just have to work hard and actually know what you're writing and also what you're writing about. Writing stories is just really easy and really hard, only because sometimes, you may have writers block and other times, you may just be writing a lot and just write all the things that you want to write. It can be hard writing a story and also editing it, but no matter what you can still get something published. As I've been "taught" by the many writers out there by their quotes, I've somewhat learned some things that could actually help me in what I really want to do and just keep doing it every day, no matter what. And even though, I haven't really been writing every day, I still think that I should still do it. It is still my passion to be an actual writer, but I still struggle of thinking about how I want to word my stories that I am currently writing. We still need stories in our lives, they're still there and we can read them whenever we want. We can read them over and over again, as many times as we really want and it will still start and end the same. There can be so many things that can actually inspire us to write a story, but you can't just wait for inspiration to write, you just really go at it with club and just write what you want to write. Like I am right now with this blog and I'm sure that I am not the only one who wants to be a writer and also just read all day and just talk about books all day. There are just so many people who are book video bloggers and bloggers out there and there are also people who would love to be a writer like myself and just be that for the rest of their lives. But there's also the point where life isn't just about books, writing and just being there to actually vlog or blog about books and just other things.

But that's just another story for another day, talking and also writing about books is just a lot and it's just really exciting because you're actually happy about writing and also reading a book that could turn into basically anything. Even reading a book gets me excited only because it's a new world, there are new characters and basically everything is just new to you, if it's a book that you have never read. C.S. Lewis had once said that you can create anything by just writing, which is really true, you really have to just keep your mind wide open. Writing is just one of my favorite things to do because it also relaxes me and I also just need to think about what I want to write for my stories. There are just so many stories out there that can be written about and that also really want to be written, but they're not even written yet. Things like ideas for a story just come to you and when they do, just need to get your computer and paper and just start your idea or just a pad, some paper and a pen and just start writing it and at all costs, DO NOT STOP. Just keep going, no matter what the cost is, just keep going and DO NOT STOP. You just can't wait for inspiration, you just really go at it with a club, no matter what. Sometimes, people just don't know what they want to do with their life, but they can also just write it out about how they've lived a certain way or about how they did certain things and just so many things in life. But I'm actually glad that I found something that I can actually do and just be proud of it and I am also fond of it as well. I just love to write and even though that I may not write every single day, I'm still love to do it and love it in general. Writing is just one of the escapes that I can go to when I'm having a bad day or when I'm just really wanting to escape from whatever I'm actually really dealing with. And it's also the same with reading, like they're both an escape for me and they're both two different worlds that I love escaping to when I'm wanting to escape. I'll write you next time!

And even though that it may be hard to write and to actually come up with an idea to write about, it's still an escape for me and it can be an escape for everyone else who is wanting to be a writer. And just getting your story out there published is just one of the great things in the world, not that I've actually published an actual book or anything, but I just hope one day that I will. And I know that I will actually publish something, but for right now, I'm just going to be sticking to figuring out how my stories are going to be working out. Writing is one of the greatest things in life where you can just make up a story and as for writing for fiction as in fantasy or science fiction, it may be all a lie, but it's also a good lie. And for me, writing books is just something that I really want to do and I think that when I was about 14, I just thought about a story and that's what got me into writing. And I think that right then, I just knew that that was something that I really wanted to do. So, if you're wanting to be a writer, then just keep writing and just keep doing whatever you're doing with it. And just keep writing, do not wait for inspiration, just keep writing and just go at it with a club! JUST KEEP GOING AT IT WITH A CLUB!!!!! Anyways, KEEP WRITING!! And I'd also like to thank you if you're reading this.