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To me, writing is . . .
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- Brad
- Former adult teacher who loves island beaches. Happy homebody and family man; once devoted dog owner, now without Tashi, my Tibetan Terrier. I prefer the absurdity of the imagination to the absurdity of imagining nothing.
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To me writing is a form of escape. An escape from harsh realities of the world, sometimes, I even use it to runaway from myself. It is letting other people know about the things that I hide inside my closet- the stories behind the stains on my clothes, or why my shoes are dirty even if they are brand new.
What I write are thoughts at the back of my head and the words that I use are the words told by the voices inside my head; what I write are stories that comes straight from my head- stories from the past, present and the future that enters and exists my head.
To write, is to decipher life with the use of words, signs, and symbols. It is an attempt to show or to make manifest in everyone’s imagination, the events in history, facts about people from the past, beliefs, romance and the things that are beyond what a naked eyes can see. The Holy Books- and the messengers who wrote them- tells us how we are created, and why we are created. Those Books leads us to the glory or the God- that we have never met perhaps, if they didn’t write the Holy Books we would never know the Him and His power- and to salvation.
To me, writing is
To me, writing is much like scratching an itch. I write to relieve that itch, although writing doesn’t really provide complete relief, contrary to what you might expect. But, like a real itch, when the urge to write really starts to bother me, I have to scratch out some words. If I write well, I get temporary relief. Once the writing is “done,” however, the itch to write returns. Scientists say that the “itch-scratch” cycle is one of the strongest feedback loops in the human body and even, sometimes, leads to “excoriation,” where a person performs “scratching so severe as to tear the flesh.” Luckily, my itch to write is nowhere near that severe!
To me, writing is sometimes relaxing and calming when it allows me to express my feeling at the right timing. But, sometimes, writing is like squeezing the toothpaste from the last portion when the content is low, and inspiration has been drained out; there is really nothing for you to write and the writing is dry and routine like eat, shit and sleep. When it happens, I hate writing. Writing is mixture feeling of love and hate.
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To me, writing is like “two partners in crime” because whenever I write, I feel like brains and hands are “partners.” But at times, I feel so strange but interesting to read some of the finished pieces, and when the words are coming out on the blank page without even thinking about it, I feel so weird because it seems like the hands and the brain aren’t “partners in crime.” Especially, when I listen to CCM online, it’s so weird to look at my finished writings because I’m sure the writings I had done wasn’t exactly what I meant, but it was so weird but a intriguing writing piece I had made.
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To me writing is like cooking. You need to apply a lot of effort and technique to come up with a great dish. You have to put the right ingredients at the right place and time. Like cooking, the Chef can not force his costumers to like what he had prepared. They have the right to throw their food on the garbage and insult like it is the worst food they’ve ever had, they can leave it half-eaten and regret eating it or they can come up to the Chef and congratulate him for the great masterpiece. At the end of it all, the only thing that the Chef can do is to accept the reactions of the costumer- good or bad- and either give up cooking forever or take the criticisms and turn it into a burning fire of inspiration to come up with an unforgettably, scrumptious dish.
To me writing is used to express yourself and a way of challenging creativity. Its a tool that can be used to build things up, or to tear them down. You can use it during your happiest of days, or the most painful of heartbreaks. Its the most perfect form of therapy. Instead of taking out frustrations out on the world, you can simply take a pen and paper, or a keyboard, and write your heart out. Its something that you can always rely on and will never let you down or lie to you. Use it to escape to a whole other world without worry and regret. Writing is something you can do without worry of being judged if you simply do it for yourself. Use it to bring your imagination to life.
To me, writing means two types of different feelings. One, the out of body experience, it’s like my soul leaves my body and observes myself: things happened or happening to me, or to my environment. Since it is my soul speaks for me, so I use more feeling than thinking. I concentrate on the inspirations; let them grow up. Sometimes the sensational flashes appear in my mind, so let it flows out freely. Second, it’s more like being haunted by others spirits when I compose some fictions. This experience is fresh and interesting to me. I put myself in other’s shoes and use their brains to think, to speak or to respond. Forget about myself, but always think what my characters would do. I can see their face, hear their voices and follow their paces.
But one thing I’m sure, I never write when I feel dry except for some tests.
To me, writing is like knitting a sweater. The yarns are the materials what I want to write. Knitting needles are the writing technique that I want to use. Pattern is my design of what my writing looks like. I prepare the materials, and think about how to work the writing technique well on those materials to create a piece of writing. Then, I begin to knit it.
To me writing is
To me writing is workmanship. It is a skill needed for the transfer of experience, knowledge, feelings, and thoughts. It is the best tool for communication and support.
Writing has therapeutic effect on me; it makes me feel lighter and happier as it gives me confidence. I write for several reasons: to improve my language skills, to express my feelings, and refresh my memories from what went before.I feel as an artisan when I write.
To me, writing is a think-compeller. It compels me to think about something I wouldn’t think of if I don’t have papers with me. It makes me let out what’s on my mind and share my view point of the world with other people. It also forces me to meet academic requirement since I wouldn’t, sometimes, take a pen and paper by myself if not for school.
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To me, writing is a seed. When I sow a seed, water properly, and keep in the sun light, it will be a good plant soon. When I start to write my ideas they are like a seeds. When I transfer the small plant to the strong soil it would become a big tree, loaded with leaves, fruit, and buds. My second draft, after proof reading, editing and polishing will be a good piece of writing loaded with feelings for my reader.
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