Comments on: This is how we learned to be writers

By: Tracy

Tracy — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:15:23 +0000

@Travit I love you! You get me and my need to turn everything into a stage setting!

@Christopher you know, from reading your blog it seems like we both have that same sort of jump in and splash around personality. You should read “The Element” too, it made me feel so much better about the whole not being a perfect student thing.

@Tumblemoose awww, thanks. Although now I’m picturing you in pigtails and bobby socks.

@Tricia thanks! I love knowing that my writing resonates with others. It’s the best compliment I can ever receive.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:15:54 +0000

I love this, "I learned how words could sustain me and give me strength. I learned to treasure language and appreciate what a gift it was to be able to use it to make and keep connections." I know exactly how you felt, how you feel. I look forward to reading your next installment. Tricia´s last blog post..No More Sorries, Mom

By: Tumblemoose

Tumblemoose — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:15:11 +0000

Tracy,

A great history lesson for writers.

I didn’t have a writing “coming of age” until much later in my life, and it was almost by accident. Kinda envious when I envision the scene in your last paragraph…

Very nice post.

George

Tumblemoose´s last blog post..Tumblemoose Times – A writer’s newsletter

By: Christopher Laney

Christopher Laney — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:01:30 +0000

I loved reading this, especially the part about coloring and captioning the geometry shapes. Classic! I did not care for school in the least except for the extracurriculars you mentioned. It's like administrators went out of their way to think of ways to wring any ounce of fun out of it and toss it aside. Keep writing and I'll keep reading! Christopher Laney´s last blog post..Make the Leap - Part 2

By: travit

travit — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:20:47 +0000

Passion is so important, yet missing from so many lives. Your passion for writing and wit shines through in everything you do. Thank you for sharing it with us. And I loved the image of teenage Tracy excitedly reading a new letter. I hope you don't mind that now I'm picturing it as if you're in a 50's teeny-bop movie. For some reason, I think you'll be okay with that. travit´s last blog post..The light at the end of winter’s tunnel.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:15:33 +0000

@Vered I was writing before I could even read or make letters. I remember filling pages with scribbled drawings and telling myself stories. It’s really nice to be writing again, for several years I didn’t write much of anything because I was so busy with the boys.

@Mike that’s a very interesting question. As far as I can tell I’m the only born writer in my family, although I don’t know much about my mom’s side. I’m reading a book right now called The Element by Ken Robinson that I’ll review when I’m finished. It’s about how finding your passion makes all of the difference which I find to be absolutely true.

By: Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:51:11 +0000

Examining the early roots of our adult passions is always interesting: We see the bright threads trailing back into an ever-dimming past, puzzled at where they will finally end. Where does the writing passion come from? From what extension of what evolutionary need does the writer's passion come from? There is the need to communicate, but there's something more in that passion. Very thought-provoking. It is a great fortune for you (and by extension, for all of us) that you have been able to gratify and build upon your writing passion. So many let those bright threads break when they get out into the "real world." And it is also fortunate that many more ways have opened up to satisfy the writer's passion. Beyond the traditional books and print media, we now have the electronic media, which this blog is an example of. What opportunities will open up in the future? I've really enjoyed this series, and look forward to the next installment! Mike Nichols´s last blog post..Surviving the Recession, Part 4: 16 More Things You Can Do to Regain Control

By: Vered - MomGrind

Vered - MomGrind — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:48:27 +0000

I'm reading this post, and all I can think is "wow, Tracey was born to be a writer." Me? I love writing, but it never filled this deep psychological need for me that it obviously does for you. I do see it as an important outlet to my creativity, but I get the same amount of pleasure from designing my blog, for example. So I need to be creative, and writing is just one of the ways I achieve it. Vered - MomGrind´s last blog post..Fear of Rape