Bob's Write from the Start: Yes, yes it's been a long time

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.

Saturday, July 15, 2017

Yes, yes it's been a long time

And I'm sorry about that, but I had a ton of stuff to work out in my own head and I didn't want to burden you with that. I mean, after all, if you are reading this, you want to hear about obstacles, sure. That's one of the things that I hope differentiates this blog from the gazillions of others out there. You get the real emotion from the real guy.

But what you don't need to hear about are insurmountable barriers, and how everything is hopeless, or at least unbearably frustrating. Phrases such as "I can't stand this anymore," won't appear here. That sort of thing you can do on your own without my input.

Anyway, I thought all my emotional turmoil, and travelling down totally unnecessary side roads, and trying t answer questions such as "How long is a piece of string?" would be over in a couple of days. And I would publish another sparkling chapter of Dr. Bobby as an interesting way to walk through ups and downs of starting or re-starting your writing. It wasn't over in a couple of days. And it will, I think, be more than a couple of days before we see Dr. Bobby and U.R. again, but see them we will. And soon, Well, pretty soon. Hang in there with this thought - I have been through the valley of the shadow of emotional death, and I'm coming back because I would not, could not, let go.

You do that too.

That'll be $5.00.

1 Comments:

At July 25, 2017 at 9:13 AM , Paul Bailey said...: I love this blog....it's one of three i read

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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.