Bob's Write from the Start: While I'm At It Here's Another Useful True Thing That Nevertheless Drives Me Nuts

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, August 12, 2017

While I'm At It Here's Another Useful True Thing That Nevertheless Drives Me Nuts

I kid you not. It doesn't make sense. It, c'mon, shouldn't make any difference but it does.

For me, twice now so it isn't a rule yet but, the difference was so notable I can't afford to ignore it next time.

When I got to a certain point in writing the story, when I have rigorously zoned in on the challenge and outcome and gotten rid of some of the extraneous but lovable stuff, when I have passed the initial free flowing writing and am in the first stage of polishing, it has made a real creative and productive difference for me to switch from keyboard to ballpoint.

Probably someone somewhere can identify the neurological reasons for this and, as a matter of fact, I have read how-to articles where the author states a preference for either keyboard or handwriting, but have not encountered the possibility of switching from one to the other as a potential solution to overcome certain kinds of barriers.

What kinds I'm not sure yet. The only indicative symptom I can describe is a chronic desire to scream.

Let me know your thoughts.

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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.