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JUNE 4th QUESTION: What were some books that impacted you as a child or young adult?
Oh, my. I'm probably going to list many that many others also read. There was the "Nancy Drew Series," by Carolyn Keene, "Old Yeller," by Fred Gipson, all the "Little House " books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, "Trixie Belden" books by Julie Campbell, "Charlotte's Web," by E.B. White, and "The Box Car Children," by Gertrude Chandler Warner.
To be honest, "Old Yeller," had a great impact on my life. I hated the ending, but as a farm kid, growing up in Northeastern Pennsylvania, I could relate to the love of animals and the many dogs we had as companions and playmates. They were also trained to help gather up our herd of cows and always accompanied us whenever and wherever we roamed over the pastures and fields and into the woods.
The "Little House" series were also my favorites because they told of adventures of a family in the woods, along a creek, on the prairie, over a long winter, etc.--many of the things that children living outside of a city on open lands also experienced.
I was an avid reader. I was fortunate to have a mother who was also an avid reader. And many thanks go to a local bookmobile which wound its way around our country roads during the summer to bring me reading materials to entertain me.
MAY 7 QUESTION: Some common fears writers share are rejection, failure, success, and lack of talent and ability. What are your greatest fears as a writer? How do you manage them?
I've been a writer all my life, writing in various formats from grants, technical descriptions, press releases, commercials, novels, novellas, etc. I understand rejection, and I rejoice in success. However, my greatest fear is the dilemma that occurs when I'm writing fiction with a loose "in-my-head" outline--and the characters decide to march away in different directions, disrupting my loose plan. This stalls me and disrupts my process and progress forward for more than just a few moments. I often lie in bed each night pondering what I should do or write to solve the plot problem and move forward. I believe this is often a writer's wide awake nightmare. Usually, with time, new ideas and solutions surface, and you can pound the keys again.
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Knowing the thoughts of others could be good, or exhausting and disheartening. Great post. Happy IWSG day. I'm doing the #atozchallenge bloghop this month too. 🙂 I hope you have a great April.
ReplyDeleteI've read Louis L' Amour's Sackett series. It's a great series. My dad and I both read them.
ReplyDeleteLoosing one's grip on the story--or the characters--is disconcerting, for sure. But maybe it opens up some possibilities, too.
ReplyDeleteI like your positive attitude! Now I have to convince myself the dilemma is for the best. :)
DeleteThings blocking you, stopping you from continued writing, like you said, characters running in directions you didn't want - I think that's not so much as a problem but part of the writing process and that's when you have to be creative even more, I think. I think I prefer to have such problems than not to have any ideas at all.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely day.
Characters are funny like that...
ReplyDeleteSo true, but often, those changes make for a better story. I like when I'm more of a scribe in the story than the creator.
ReplyDeleteI agree. It's fun to watch a story evolve as the reel in your head keeps spinning. When it stops or has a hiccup is when I seem to panic. lol
DeleteYeah, the ending of Old Yeller sucked...
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