Bob's Write from the Start: Still Waiting

Bob's Write from the Start

Bob’s Write from the Start, a blog sharing the roller coaster ride of this renewing writer’s feelings and actual experiences, began March 2017. That January, I began with a two-sentence contribution to a local Writing Group. I am now a Guest Columnist for a local paper and have contributed to small and online magazines. My comments for new and renewing writers? Start by starting. Join a writing group. You are unique but not alone. Once you start work, you will not be in Kansas anymore.

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Still Waiting

Well, I guess holding my breath, crossing my fingers, and not writing a blog entry does not make anything arrive faster.

I have not yet heard whether my newspaper article -- the writing of which was torture plus I missed my deadline, not by much and not fatal, but still -- has been accepted. It seems to me there are a reasonable range of possibilities (in addition to the "You're a genius" option): Accepted pretty much as received; Accepted but essentially re-written; or, trashed.

I even have my next potential blog headings selected: O frabjous day! or I am of all men most miserable. Stay tuned.

I have, though, finally completed my short story. That felt good. I needed to abandon it during the writing of the article but it is now clear to me it is the kind of challenge, even though the process was difficult, that I happily take on. Well, maybe not happily but, let's say, very willingly. With the heart to try something hard like that again. After a week or so to re-capture my breath and to re-establish relationships with the rest of the universe around me. Good Night Moon.

So, the point that I am beating to death here, not including my whining, is I have found it useful to try a number of things to find out if they are 'my' kind of thing.

Maybe that's just me. Think about what you think about writing challenges.

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Name: Bob's Write From The Start

Location: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

Born, raised and living in Sarnia, Ontario, Bob Boulton began writing poetry, short stories and humorous articles for his high school newspaper in the period just after dinosaurs roamed the earth. His article on the mysteries of the Chess Club was particularly well-received. Bob’s excruciatingly naive teenage sonnet was published with positive mention in the high school yearbook. In University he wrote pretty much indecipherable essays on Existentialism and Phenomenology. Then, early in his working career, Bob also wrote short feature articles in the now-defunct (not his fault) Weston York Times. For this, he was paid $5.00 per article, which didn’t quite cover his transportation and parking costs. Then after a short break of thirty-five or forty years as an executive and leadership coach, Bob reactivated his passion for writing. The alternatives he considered were learning to yodel or trying to play the bagpipes. Bob’s loving and supportive family voted enthusiastically, and quickly, for writing.