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Friday, February 21, 2014
How to be a great writer!
I read something that is so relevant to my writing life. I had never thought about it this way. I decided to share it with my fellow writers. If you are not a writer it may also apply to other areas of your life. This is it:
My family puts the FUN back in Dysfunctional. I am going to tell the story!
I have started my memoir. What, you ask, do you Cathy Jo Archibald Gillice, have to say that anyone would want to hear? Well, I'll tell you.
At one time I was young and full of life, then I lost that exuberance through a major change in my marriage. Then my sister also had a major change in her life. We both were young, thirty-something, newly single, with children. We were broke, both in our pocket books and in our hearts. We both choose to go home.
Home to parents happily living in their empty nest. Living their own lives, peaceful and full. Then suddenly their small little home was invaded by two grown daughters and five grade-school age grandchildren.
It was a time of pain, struggle and strangely enough, periods of happiness. It was a time of family support and love. It was my children's childhood. It was end of my youth and the beginning of growth. It is the story of my journey, with a supportive yet crazy family.
This story will put the FUN back in Dysfunctional.
This book is one way that I can honor my mother and father, who have invested more into my life, and my sisters life and our children's lives than any one set of parents should or would normally be called upon to give.
I am in the process of making a timeline. And also trying my best to jog loose all those other memories that are hiding in my brain. I am taking classes on writing a memoir, and on writing in general. I am surrounding myself with other writers who are willing to read and critique my ramblings and assist me to organize and streamline them into a story worth reading.
So check back in a couple of years and it should be ready for you to read!
In the mean time...
At one time I was young and full of life, then I lost that exuberance through a major change in my marriage. Then my sister also had a major change in her life. We both were young, thirty-something, newly single, with children. We were broke, both in our pocket books and in our hearts. We both choose to go home.
Home to parents happily living in their empty nest. Living their own lives, peaceful and full. Then suddenly their small little home was invaded by two grown daughters and five grade-school age grandchildren.
It was a time of pain, struggle and strangely enough, periods of happiness. It was a time of family support and love. It was my children's childhood. It was end of my youth and the beginning of growth. It is the story of my journey, with a supportive yet crazy family.
This story will put the FUN back in Dysfunctional.
This book is one way that I can honor my mother and father, who have invested more into my life, and my sisters life and our children's lives than any one set of parents should or would normally be called upon to give.
I am in the process of making a timeline. And also trying my best to jog loose all those other memories that are hiding in my brain. I am taking classes on writing a memoir, and on writing in general. I am surrounding myself with other writers who are willing to read and critique my ramblings and assist me to organize and streamline them into a story worth reading.
So check back in a couple of years and it should be ready for you to read!
In the mean time...
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