To Read is to write

"She'd read the book twice before, but she liked reading favourite books over and over. Even now, she'd still go through her aged copies of 'The Little Prince' or 'The Wind in the Willows' with pleasure on a rainy afternoon. New books were enjoyable or not, but old books were pillow comfortable."

Adler - Carly's Buck

To get creative, you need to know where to start, and where to start is with your nose in a book. You have to expose yourself to every kind of writing; Shakespeare to Pam Ayres, Hardy to Ambrose...the extent of writing that is out there and so easily available is immense. Tempting titles, fictitious foreigners and captivating chapters...

So wipe the dust from your Library card and head to the place where thought's on cold storage. Open the crusty pages, breath deep the familiar scent and glide an eye along the thumbed lines, creased edges, mirrored margins...and let creativity spark thoughts and wonders.

Time to get going...

The hardest thing about writing, is starting. 'coconut deer' has been a flicker of a thought for a year now, but finally she's on her way.

I am not writing to reason, nor reasoning to write.

Just pick up some ink, take a breath....whether its one word, two words, sentences, bepuzzlements, bemusements, installations, exclamations or interpretations...release whatever is in your head.

I'm unpublished, which makes me a questionable no one, but as a writer thats quite liberating - no expectations, I can write to my own end. Make it your goal to write for yourself, for your own enjoyment.

As for the critics, these are your inked meanderings, so the only critic can be yourself.

As for me, i'll guide you through my own exploration of creative writing. Enjoy!