http://www.restlessdreaming.com A wannabe writer's blog Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:58:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently read that writing is all about telling stories. That good story tellers have the potential to become good writers. It makes alot of sense. All of the good writers I have met have been good story tellers. They revel and excel in bringing events to life verbally as ... http://www.restlessdreaming.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28rss%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.restlessdreaming.com%2F2008%2F06%2F28%2Fthe-death-of-a-story-teller%2F&seed_title=The+death+of+a+story-teller It was New Years eve, I was sitting on a remote beach searching for the ultimate solitude. I thought I had found it. I was looking out over the ocean, sitting down as its raw beauty washed over me. I wasn’t alone I soon realised. As I sat against a ... http://www.restlessdreaming.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28rss%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.restlessdreaming.com%2F2007%2F12%2F27%2Fthe-beach%2F&seed_title=The+Beach Through the apple tree's upper branches, at the foot of our garden, is the sight of a distant quiet paradise. In the early evening, when the sun is out, the woods and fields light up as if they were lightly covered in gold. I feel the potential of a 1000 ... http://www.restlessdreaming.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28rss%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.restlessdreaming.com%2F2007%2F11%2F13%2Fmemories-of-spring%2F&seed_title=Memories+of+spring Modern Etiquette is a tricky beast these days, and only yesterday I found myself facing a difficult dilemma. I generally try not worry too much about what is the conventional norm within society, but there really is no escape. We are shaped by our environments, by our upbringing, we are ... http://www.restlessdreaming.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28rss%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.restlessdreaming.com%2F2007%2F05%2F24%2Fmodern-etiquette%2F&seed_title=Modern+Etiquette Ayyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeiii oh eeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeee ayyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiEnigmaI turned 31 last Thursday, and sometime later in the week I was wondering how I had changed? Without reflection, it seems like age creeps upon us - catching us completely unaware. I don't feel any older now than I did when I was in my mid-20s. ... http://www.restlessdreaming.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28rss%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.restlessdreaming.com%2F2007%2F04%2F24%2Fthe-return-to-innocence%2F&seed_title=The+Return+To+Innocence One of my worst habits - of type procrastination - is habitual skipping. Not skipping skipping of course, but the skipping of exercises. If I am reading a book on creative writing or studying a course book, usually at the end of a chapter I will find a writing exercise. ... http://www.restlessdreaming.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28rss%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.restlessdreaming.com%2F2007%2F04%2F17%2Fhabitual-skipping%2F&seed_title=Habitual+Skipping I am not blind. My eyes are not closed to life passing by my window. Yet something is impaired. A wealth of stimuli floods my eyes, but then what. My senses itch but then what....Here lies the problem. I have a lot of trouble articulating the 'feelings'. I observe but ... http://www.restlessdreaming.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28rss%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.restlessdreaming.com%2F2007%2F04%2F16%2Ftraining-the-eye%2F&seed_title=Training+the+eye My descriptive writing needs a little work - 'Her hair is BROWN and she has DARK eyes'. This sort of vocabulary would be barely adequate to play 'Guess Who' with. Blah, it is times like this that I would usually just stop - resigned to forever being some sort of ... http://www.restlessdreaming.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28rss%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.restlessdreaming.com%2F2007%2F04%2F12%2Fbleeding-ears%2F&seed_title=Bleeding+ears I knew I shouldn't have come. The orchestra begins to play the gentle introduction; my ears succumb and the notes I have heard so many times before expertly unknit my defenses. I am not ready for what comes next, but I long for it and crave its violence. It arrives ... http://www.restlessdreaming.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28rss%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.restlessdreaming.com%2F2007%2F04%2F12%2Fthe-cello-connection%2F&seed_title=The+Cello+Connection What am I doing here? Day 3 of my Starbucks experiment; getting up extra early to do a bit of writing before work. I haven't yet adjusted to getting up at 10 past 6. I was fiercely resistant to coming to Starbucks this morning, let alone trying to do some ... http://www.restlessdreaming.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28rss%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.restlessdreaming.com%2F2007%2F04%2F11%2Fasleep%2F&seed_title=Asleep