Writing Project, 2010. {you play a part.}

I have a dream.

A dream to be a great writer.

I'm not sure that my dream involves being officially published, although that would be hugely satisfying. I just want to be able to create pieces of writing that take the reader somewhere else for a short time. To create a story that one doesn't want to end or that he can't get enough of.

Sometimes writing is a talent, sometimes my lack of creativity puts it away for a while. Sometimes it's a hobby, one I yearn to have more time for. Mostly, it's just a dream. Denten asks me often why I haven't written a book and my answer is always that I don't know what I would write about. He tells me that is a lame excuse.

Regardless of whether a book is in my future, I would like to spend a little more time developing this little talent/hobby/interest of mine.

And here's where you come in:

I kindly request you to submit a word to me. A concept, a color, an object. A theme, a verb, a condition. An issue, a person, an experience. Someone I know, or don't. Something I have experience with, or not. Something physical, emtional, spiritual. Something I can run with, left to my own interpretation. I will put your suggestions in a bowl, draw one out at a time and write on the subject. Right here on this very blog.

For example: if you were to give me the word "ferocious," I might come up with something like the following: I was awakened by an incredibly ferocious storm last night that yanked me from a deep REM cycle and left me prone, flat on my back, paralyzed as the mean rain slammed sideways into my window and the wind, who was on a mission, swirled and howled around my home sending anything that wasn't attached clear into oblivion in a matter of seconds.

This is what I came up with at about 3:00 a.m. this morning when the very thing occurred outside. Some days you might get a better product, some days you won't. Some days it might be a story, others, an essay.

Is there something I have experienced that you want to know more about? {please note that I only contain minor amounts of both sarcasm and narcissism.} Here's your chance. Give me a word and you'll get my response. {a friend once asked me to record my thoughts regarding adoption. I'm not sure I ever did that adequately for her}. When I declared a few days ago that I love my friends, those are the thoughts that spilled out when writing about them.

I have a few requests: first, don't be nasty. I mean that both ways. Mostly, be nice. Don't give some terrible word that would kill me to write about. Second, I am not doing significant research for this project. If you give me a medical term I know nothing about, I will not spend hours educating myself on the condition and giving my synopsis. I will probably tell you what the word reminds me of, or write about a person I knew once who had a grandma with that ailment. Mostly I just need a little practice and need a place to start. So, hit me.

Some of these pieces will mostly likely be disastrous, but somewhere along the line there will be a gem. Some will be drafted and edited and some will be slapped down here and called done. And for those of you who can't handle all of my words, I might throw in a picture or two for you.

Thank you kindly in advance. comment, email, pick up the phone... pray about it first if you want, but send me your word.

Welcome to Writing Project 2010!