Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
I was THE Dad everyone of my kids friends wanted to hear stories from.
I had my own set of characters who had various adventures. Kids who spent the night always wanted to have me tell them stories.
My daughter (now 21)...keeps after me to write the stories down....I don't think they were that good...I don't know.
I was THE Dad everyone of my kids friends wanted to hear stories from.
I had my own set of characters who had various adventures. Kids who spent the night always wanted to have me tell them stories.
My daughter (now 21)...keeps after me to write the stories down....I don't think they were that good...I don't know.
Oh, do it. Truly. Give it to her in a book of your own making, if nothing else. That's the kind of gift nobody ever forgets.
I was THE Dad everyone of my kids friends wanted to hear stories from.
I had my own set of characters who had various adventures. Kids who spent the night always wanted to have me tell them stories.
My daughter (now 21)...keeps after me to write the stories down....I don't think they were that good...I don't know.
Oh, do it. Truly. Give it to her in a book of your own making, if nothing else. That's the kind of gift nobody ever forgets.
Well...you are right there...I never thought to just make one for her.
...damn....what would us guys do without women thinking of things like this?
I did some technical writing in my day.
Does that count?
I did playwrites, skits and films years ago. It was my fav hobby as a kid and I did it through college.
I just got burned out trying to feed the hiddious bitch goddess that is entertainment.
Yeah, I junked my first attempt because I want to go in another direction. Unfortunately, that's as far as I got. Anybody else in my shoes?
Yeah, I junked my first attempt because I want to go in another direction. Unfortunately, that's as far as I got. Anybody else in my shoes?
Yeah, I junked my first attempt because I want to go in another direction. Unfortunately, that's as far as I got. Anybody else in my shoes?
BD I am so deep in your shoes I can't see daylight. I have three different manuscripts gathering dust in different rooms on different surfaces. My so called Opus (capital letters there, right?) is before me with a great start a great and spectacular ending but no aceptable middle.
Now. There are dozens of short stories lying around, some good, some that have the look only a mother could love.
What can I say?
The only way to learn how to write is . . .well. . is to write.
Keep hard at it, treat it like an exercise you must do once a day and never stop.
Then someday you too can be the proud owner of stacks of fledglings, one or two of which may turn out to be swans.
Ya never know.
Yeah, I junked my first attempt because I want to go in another direction. Unfortunately, that's as far as I got. Anybody else in my shoes?
BD I am so deep in your shoes I can't see daylight. I have three different manuscripts gathering dust in different rooms on different surfaces. My so called Opus (capital letters there, right?) is before me with a great start a great and spectacular ending but no aceptable middle.
Now. There are dozens of short stories lying around, some good, some that have the look only a mother could love.
What can I say?
The only way to learn how to write is . . .well. . is to write.
Keep hard at it, treat it like an exercise you must do once a day and never stop.
Then someday you too can be the proud owner of stacks of fledglings, one or two of which may turn out to be swans.
Ya never know.
Is that a mirror I see in your hand.
My nephew is the family author (at this point!) Sooo ..... I think part of my problem is - he's brilliant. I couldn't begin to complete. Therefore, why bother.
I just need to get over it, and start again.
Take heart. Even with Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola writing it, The Godfather (the first one) went through over 30 major rewrites.