Writing.Com General Discussion

Amen Dee C... That it is...

My suggestion to all is to do what Ray Bradbury did in his writing career. Keep a notebook with you at all times and JOT down what you see by BEING very observant to your surroundings. (anything that looks interesting from people, places, objects, situations etc) A small descriptive paragraph... and by the end of the day read them and take the good ones and expand with a bit of brainstorming the items and transform them into a story.

You know Bradbury collected alot of stuff and had them in his office all over and when he wrote and before he would sit and peer at all the stuff and find something around him and begin writing... all on an typewriter that he had when he started. He would pen magnificent stories. (has a large collection of Bradbury and got to shake his hand at a seminar in the late 90's) A great honor... also I corresponded with him and Jack Chalker before he passed. They were VERY VERY helpful in suggestions and tips to help writing. It put a fire under my butt to GET writing... and NEVER give up... (Not without a bloody fight!) A good writer keeps trying and will fail but when you succeed you will know you are walking the path. Their own words... GREAT ZEN wisdom!

Also literally LIVING in the Library helps too! (Ray Bradbury did when he started and was VERY well read) He was like the picture (that doesn't give him very good justice when you met him in person) He is was a very strange duck, but a brilliant author.

(Reference: Yestermorrow - Ray Bradbury & Many a Ray Bradbury Seminar Series on writing.)

Respectfully,

FA/MM N.A Miller, USN Ret.
(Protected Veteran/Writer)

"You can't get so hung up on where you rather be,
that you forget to make the most of where you are."

Arthur (Michael Sheen) Passengers (2016)