~I always wanted to be a writer, but I never get the right break to get in to the field I want or maybe I just did not ask. In a way I have the connections to pull so I can get in, but I have this feeling that at the back of my mind something tells me that I am not ready to be a writer. When I read some of my friends blogs or just books and periodicals and refer back to the way I write it makes me realize that I lack in substance, content and simply my construction and style is poor. Mheanne, recommended that I read "Strunk and White" and "Chicago Style of Writing", for a more educated method of wrting, if I remember correctly Strunk would the one that teaches scientific or technical writing and Chicago would on creative writing. Learning those would only be the blueprint of writing though, the content and ideas that you'll be communicating is the key reason why you're writing. I need to catch on my reading then, not that I do not read regularly, I do not read seriously. So what happens is I get I srtuggle for words and have difficulty expressing my thoughts. And I think I have major grammar issues, that's what I get in concentrating in oral english.
I was once told by my english instructor in college that I have what it takes to write, he always appreciates my papers. He says it's detailed and it's simple and precise. So it means that the content is there if its detailed. If I was told that the prose was simple and precise, it means that I choose my words well and its easy to understand. It is the inspiration to write that made my ideas flow and put the words in place? Then again I remember Jim Paredes saying in Men's Health Magazine that you can not always wait for inspiration, especially if you this for a living I believe so. He furthered that one needs to motivate himself. He's right, but the question how do you motivate yourself? Jim Paredes added that budding writers should pay attention, look around and observe. Then if put together my stocked knowledge, newly acquired ones and what I have just observed and later inferred, there goes my content. Now how I put that together is different story, it will follow... right?
~So what I am I waiting for, huh? I do not know really... Should I start making calls? I think I should.
~Earlier, I was in Rockwell and I bumped into Kija and her daughter Yso, looks liked they catched a movie and I forgot to asked what they watched. We catched up a little and I told that Zara will be presenting its Spring Collections in a few minutes, I asked her if she might want to check it out. I also told some of my HSBC friends of it. I been invting peeps to the Car Show in Metrowalk, that's in April 27, 28 and 29, 2007 and its for 100 pesos per head. JayR produced it so I felt obliged to invite people and promote it. What was I doing in Rockwell? I was having coffee and I was browsing through back issues of Men's Vogue and Guys Quarterly when I saw Kija. I went straight to Fully Booked after to check out some books and I saw Eldest the sequel to Eragon, The Bartimaeus Triloy and Septimus Heap serious... no I did not read all those. I read the first few chapters of Eldest and I plan to buy the Septimus Heap serious, actually since last year. Grrr... there are plenty of books I wanted to buy. I always end up with mags.
~Gawd, I realized I want to do a lot of things. Did I make up my mind yet? Lols, I do not even know! I am happy in doing just about anything I guess. I should get serious. See I know what to do and why can't I get myself to do it? A little help please!
carpe diem... ü
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