What I hope to accomplish

Gentle Readers: Now that I'm blogging again I thought I would like to ahow you what I have in mind for my future Blogs. First and foremost, I hope to answer your questions about writing a book, some of the pitfalls to avoid, and to give you some easy rules to follow. Did I just use the word "easy"? The only "easy" part is writing it! As they say, "The devil is in the details." But: You can't get anything published until you've written what you have to say. So have fun if you're writing your Memoirs, dredging up all those details from 70-80 years ago, and chuckling all over again, or maybe shedding a few tears. If you're writing fiction, anything goes and if you're writing a mystery, I'll assume you've got a new spin on whodunnit. As the chapters pile up you move them to a large carton next to your computer desk, and start going through old photo albums if you intend to include photos of the interesting places you traveled to, autograph albums which you had hoped to sell to an Antiques dealer, and also toss in How To suggestions to incorporate into the first drafts of each memory. Since I assume you were already smart enough to have joined a Writers Group at your local Library, they will have torn each chapter apart as you presented them each week, and your next step is to start the Revision Process. Read their suggestions thoroughly. Some writers who have been published think they are the smartest creatures God ever created, and your first task is to acknowledge that fact. Then when you start analyzing each little "e" (written with a curlicue) and see them scattered all over your first draft, accept the fact that you need to eliminate everything that has an "e" on it, and TIGHTEN UP YOUR WRITING. You will probably be amazed at how much more interesting and pertinent your chapter has become. Then try moving entire paragraphs to the beginning, to the end or delete them and see if it "reads" better. The key word here is "flows". Oh, my goodness, these critics do know what they're talkming about. By the time you've made all the corrections, you begin to feel a sense of pride and satisfaction in what you've created. You're becoming a Writer. Hope you're taking notes. There's a lot more to come. Love, Janice