Saturday 14th July
Sarah Waters On writing in the mslexia diary (useful to get one to act as a reminder/nudge) that 'No one is capable of writing a perfect first draft, most of writing is actually rewriting.'
Comforting in one way but not in another.  What if you can't get past the rewriting so you constantly edit, rewrite, adapt, stop, erase, sit on your inner voice?
The hardest thing is to share your writing.  I have started to be brave and do that and now I worry.  I didn't send the right piece in, it's terrible;e, I don't know what I want to write.
But here's the thing.  If I don't share I won't be a writer because as a writer I share.  Also, people may not view my characters in the same way as I do.  Go to Susan Price's website and blog, she has some really useful advice and wonderful links to other people.

So today my thought is that sharing is so very important.  My critique is not necessarily helpful or wise.  I need to know what other people think, I need to write and send it somewhere.  I need to experiment more and push myself.  I have started to write poetry again and I am actually quite proud of my output.

A writer needs to write, it is to them as breathing.  sometimes its like having a heavy cold when your breathing becomes difficult.  But you take one breath at a time, one word, a sentence, a paragraph. You write when you like, where you like, as much as you like.  THEN you do something with it!