Explore your own metaphors
for composing, for example, “For me writing is like….,” and so on. Analyze
these metaphors. What do they say about you as a writer? About your history
with and attitudes toward writing? What media images of writers and/or writing
do you think may have influenced your metaphors?
What personal history? Tell stories.
For me writing is like screaming at the top of my lungs. Writing is like jumping into bed after an exhausting day. Writing is like breaking the surface after holding your breath underwater. Writing is like lucid dreaming.
What these metaphors say about me as a writer is that I write for relief. I'll admit that some days I just write in my journal whatever comes to mind. It's my way of realizing how I feel about someone or a situation. It helps me reminisce on things I would like to always remember (or forget). It helps me say the things that I could never say out loud. Writing for me is like gossiping to no one. My creative writing teacher whom I took several classes with in high school taught me to sit down and just let your mind flow onto paper. One thing I don't like about writing is that I can never write as fast as my mind thinks and I worry that I'll miss something. My writing is never organized or dated but when I look back at an old journal I know exactly who or what I was writing about. The grammar is never correct or the sentences don't even follow proper English but its coming from me, my thoughts and memories, and I enjoy looking back on what I once believed in.
I find it really nice to write for so many positive reasons! It is interesting the fact that you say you write to remember but also to forget, because for me, if I want to forget something, I would never write it down. This would make me even more think of it. But it is nice that it works for you! I'd like to enjoy writing as much as you to be able to read those texts later and have many memories coming back. But as I don't, I find other ways of remembering things!
ReplyDeleteI loved reading your blog and really being able to understand how deeply you love writing. For me, writing has always been a job that I don't put in any more effort or time into than what I have to. Reading your thoughts on writing has made me want to experience the good side to writing and maybe starting a journal also!
ReplyDeleteOften times, I feel the exact same way. There have been so many instances where I've felt that writing down my thoughts will help me feel better in so many ways, whether it's because it gets the frustration, or anger out.. or like you said, just to see how I feel about someone/something. I also don't usually write something down that I would want to forget because usually when I write things down it's so that I can process my thoughts for a longer amount of time and really think about them. When I want to forget something, writing it down would probably be one of the last things I'd do, but I'm glad it works for you! Again, I really agree with you in that writing is a sense of relief and I really enjoyed reading your post!
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