Thank you for taking the time to consider author Maya Angelou's ideas about how dreams play into the writing process. Please do a New Post on your blog with your answers to 4-6 of the questions on the yellow handout I gave you. Your post should be a decent length (500 words) if you've provided thoughtful answers. Title the post Writers Dreaming. Also include an image (of Maya, of something connected to dreaming or an aspect of one of your answers) on this post.If you're interested in learning more about Maya Angelou, her interesting life and her beloved works, you can start at her official website. I bought this t-shirt showcasing her autobiography (one of my favorite books) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings from a little store downtown next to Maria's called 5# Apparel. Most of the proceeds the store nets are donated to charities around the world. You can also find the t-shirt and others featuring classic, challenged books (ones that have been put on banned books lists at one time or another) at Out of Print. Click the "Shop" link to get to the t-shirts--the site donates a book to Books for Africa for every purchase made. I'd like to do some thinking next week about books that have made a difference to us as people and as writers, and I wonder if you've read any of the classics featured on their other shirts...
I love that several of you have mentioned you "dream" of becoming professional writers. Leave a comment here telling us why you'd like/not like to be a professional writer and/or what kind of writing you see yourself doing. Stephenie Meyer said on Oprah (in a clip I'd like us to watch this week) that she always heard that was an unrealistic, financially hopeless goal, but I hope that no matter what anyone says, if that's your dream, you go for it. Seems like you'd regret not trying more than you'd regret taking a shot at it...
Writing is a profession that I have considered, but I am still not for sure about what I want to do with my career. If I were to focus on writing, I think that my work would lean towards dark themed fantasy/fiction.
ReplyDeletei could not see myself as a writer. i dont have the patience or the enthusiasm about doing it for a living. it is also very difficult to be successful at it.
ReplyDeleteWriting seems like a good profession, but definitely not for everyone. I cannot see myself being a professional writer because I have a hard time thinking of things to write about and if I were to have to write something long I would struggle a lot.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I do enjoy writing, I've never wanted to do it as a profession.
ReplyDeleteI would love to be a professional writer. I love to express my thoughts through writing, and I think it's a very therapeutic activity for a lot of people. I don't favor one type of writing over any others, I just write what I feel. The only problem with having writing as my profession is that I would be completely terrified of writer's block. But other than that, I don't see why people wouldn't want to become writers.
ReplyDeleteI would love to have a career as a writer. Writing is an area where you are freely able to express yourself and I really enjoy that. I would see myself writing more non-fiction, or realistic stories.
ReplyDeleteI would not want to have a career as a writer. It's something I'm not to passionate about and I''m not the best writer. It's fun to write but can be super boring and I would no want to have that as a career.
ReplyDeleteI would not want to be a writer at all. I don't enjoy writing really at all, and for it to be a job, I would not want that at all.
ReplyDeleteWriting is something that will heavily play into my career. I won't write books or poems or plays that make you think. I will write stories with no meaning, the soul point to make people happy. I will make cartoons that everyone will want to watch just for fun. Just to escape life for a while and feel good :)
ReplyDeleteThe only reason I wouldn't want to write as a career would be all of the pressure on your writing. I think it would make me nervous and not be able to put out as good, or true content that I am capable of when I am not stressed over it.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't see myself being a writer because I usually never finish. I write to an extent and when I feel I have wrote enough I leave at that. I see writing as a temporary thing. Others see it as a profession and keep writing which is great, but for this gal I go to a point and when I feel all the words that need to be there are there I end it right there.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I could see myself as a professional writer just because I'm really good at procrastinating. I would start writing and then stop because I don't have inspiration to continue writing and the pressure of becoming a good writer is also too much for me.
ReplyDeleteI could see my self being a writer. I think I would write stories like Ellen Hopkins. I have lots of things to write about. Maybe people could relate to me and my life.
ReplyDeleteI think it would be super fun to be a biographer, but when I'm inevitably unsuccessful at it none of you guys are allowed to make fun of me at our high school reunion.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't see myself being a writer, just isn't my art. But if I had to be, I'd like to write books about the future. Like those books about the world becoming a dystopia.
ReplyDeleteI don't see myself being a writer. Writing has never really been my thing.
ReplyDeleteI don't see myself being a writer. Writing has never really been my thing.
ReplyDeleteI could see myself being a writer because writing is like my safe haven. And if I did become a writer, I'd probably write historical fiction, most likely about the holocaust.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I could be a writer, I don't have enough patience for any of that, and I'm a perfectionist so it would be years before I ever finished anything.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I could be a writer, I don't have enough patience for any of that, and I'm a perfectionist so it would be years before I ever finished anything.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was younger I thought I wanted to become a writer. Though I find that I cant sit and write for a long period of time.
ReplyDeleteI've never imagined myself as a writer. I feel like that would be one of the most difficult jobs to have, because you either make it or break it. Either you get published or you don't. I don't like the pressure of that, and I don't feel like I'm creative enough to be a writer.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I would be a writer but if I was id probably write about my past.
ReplyDeleteI dont think i could be writer. It doesnt seem like something i see myself doing anytime soon.
ReplyDeleteI would like to become a journalist for the New York Times. It is one of the most prestigious and well respected newspapers in the country. I would want to give a voice to those that are unable to speak for themselves, as well as show the world a beautiful kindness behind things that would seem the opposite. I want to bring people to their knees and take the breath away with photography journalism, and break their hearts only to string them back together through my writing.
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