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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This post will not prove this at all, however I have been told by multiple people that I should "become a writer." My earliest memory of this was in 7th grade--my teacher, who I despised actually, pulled me aside one day and told me I had a gift and should consider becoming a writer because I communicate effectively as though I'm talking directly to the reader and that is difficult to achieve. I ignored her at the time. However, throughout college and into my post-college years, I would hear the same things from professors, friends, and colleagues.  A boyfriend of mine in my 20s told me point blank that I should become a writer and that my emails to him reminded him of his favorite author, Dave Barry. At the time I was completely floored that someone could even liken my writing to that of Dave Barry, but never pursued it.  Then this past weekend, my friend looked me straight in the eye and told me I should really consider becoming a writer and it just struck me again--why do people keep telling me this and I don't act on it? The problem is that I really don't have anything interesting to write about. I haven't lived an interesting life and I just don't have any novel ideas to write about, but this message keeps being sent my way so maybe it's time to act on it. So, I have a question or several questions to any writers (published or unpublished) out there in the DCUM community--how did you get started? What did you do to pursue your love of writing? How did you begin this process? I can no longer ignore this message and I want to start honing this apparent skill, but I just don't know how, so I'm looking for some tips from writers out there. Do I just start getting words down on paper and go from there? Thanks and judging by this post, I'm sure you think I'm making this all up. [/quote]

Writers write. It's easy -- all you do is sit down with a pen and paper or a typewriter or a computer and open a vein.[/quote]

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