Bob's Write from the Start: Waiting Is Not Easy

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.

Monday, May 8, 2017

Waiting Is Not Easy

Waiting Is Not Easy! is An Elephant and Piggie Book by Mo Willems.

Unlike the work of Grace Paley, whom I'm sure I will greatly admire once I read her, this is a book I have actually read. Many times.

Many. Times.

Another distinct advantage of belonging to a WG (Writers' Group) is that its members can help you normalize emotional reactions to common experiences.

One member whose excellent short story was recently published said having her story accepted 'sort of' made up for the rejections she had received until now.

Then she added that receiving rejections was far better than not hearing anything at all about her submissions. Which was mostly what happened.

Misery not only loves company, it needs company to lessen the screaming weeping yelling moaning jee bees.

Company = WG

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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.