My friend and fellow author, Erin Nichole, put up a post awhile back titled, Why I Love Being an Author. That sounded like a fun idea for a post, and while mine won’t be filled with all the lovely photographs that she graced her post with, I decided to do my own version, listing just a few of my favorite parts of being an writer. It simply took me forever to take this post from paper, to Word document, and then to blog.
~ I get to work and play with words. All kinds of words. Long words, short words, complicated definitions, and simple meanings. I get to create word pictures, use similes, and research synonyms to my heart’s content!
~ My characters. Maybe this should have been first. Obviously, this is only related to anything that I write that is fictional though. (And I like writing non-fiction. Don’t let the long periods of my silent blog fool you!) Still, I love my characters. I learn so much through writing about them – more than I ever thought I would. And, while it may sound cliché, my characters are almost like my “friends,” because they are very real in my head. Even the ones who aren’t based after someone I know. Sometimes those are even more “real” to me, than the others. I even go back to read my own books, just because I start missing them.
~ I get to weave a complicated tapestry with these fictional lives, as best as I can, and it’s just so much fun! I also get to delve into one of my favorite things – a mystery. I almost never know the end of my book, before I get there. I love that! It keeps life adventurous.
~ The LORD teaches me so much, while I write. I’ve mentioned this before, but He does. And I hope He doesn’t stop. Often, it’s been downright painful, but it’s also been beautiful.
~ The readers. I love hearing that someone enjoyed my book or how one of my writings touched them in some way. Anyone who might be blessed, because of something I wrote, is an answered prayer.
~My imagination gets to stretch. The part of crafting a story, where you know what A represents and you understand C, but you have no idea what B is or how it builds a bridge between A and C – and you really just haven’t a clue how any of these tie into E and F at all, but you’re still missing G… My imagination gets to work a lot and, sometimes, that means lots of dishes get washed. Because my imagination’s sidekick, seems to be a stack of dirty dishes.
There you have it! Just a few reasons for why I love being an author!
To the KING be all the glory!
Thats great Rebekah! I love you being an author too… Haha! I love you and I miss you!
:D Love and miss you too!
Lovely. Simply lovely. :D
Thank you! :D
Rebekah, never stop expressing yourself creatively. Never allow anyone to squelch who you are as a person and in the Lord. A positive attiude will take you much farther in life than that of a cynical person who cannot recieve blessings from the little things. Your faith will carry you when you hit those rough spots that you spoke of, and God will be there when loneliness raises its head. I am so proud of your achievements. I love you sweet girl.
Aww, thank you, Stephanie. Love you too. :)