I write every day. In college I studied Fine Art with an emphasis in painting and drawing and Literature, but I kept a journal and wrote a few articles here and there for random publications. I truly became a writer when my therapeutic journal and poetry turned into a full time activity and manuscript. I couldn't help but do it. I had to write.
Sometimes I have to get up in the middle of the night and write down the words tumbling around in my head. Poetry will strike me in waves and I get this gleeful sensation when it comes together as the thoughts I wanted to express find their way into my book or blog in language beautiful to me.
As I write and edit, I get lost in the words, rhythm, grammar, voice.
There are words that I have to look up often, because I can't get the spelling to stay in my head. Rhythm is one of those words. R H Y T H M. I like the way it sounds, but most of the time I right click/look it up again when it appears in my writing just to make sure. More importantly, I love the rhythm of the words on the page when it is done well.
"Words find a rhythm in my head and dance on the page, until I am happy the choreography is right."
This morning, I looked up synonyms for joy to express better how I am feeling while writing.
(follow this link to the google search for "joy" https://www.google.com/#q=joy) It is a great inspiration to see synonyms and antonyms. The activity draws out my creativity, and is a great writing prompt.
joyjoi/nounnoun: joy
Active voice is preferable in writing prose and formal writing, because active voice is clear, less wordy, and less awkward.
The clue is that the subject performs a direct action, when a sentence is in active voice.
1 sentence 2 ways
I saw you. (noun verb object) In the sentence, it is clear who is doing what.
I (the subject) saw (the verb) you (the object).
You were seen by me.
In this sentence structure, the passive voice creates confusion. Exactly who is doing what? The verb should go with the noun, not the object.
active: Tom loves Susan.
passive: Susan is loved by Tom. Susan becomes the subject, but is not performing an action.
active: He heard it through friends. He (the subject) heard (verb) it (object)
passive: It was heard by him through friends. It (the subject) did not perform an action.
So there you have it, the answer to the question "What do you do every day?" While I work on my book or my blog, "I dance with words."
Barefoot and dancing,
Kim
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Sometimes I have to get up in the middle of the night and write down the words tumbling around in my head. Poetry will strike me in waves and I get this gleeful sensation when it comes together as the thoughts I wanted to express find their way into my book or blog in language beautiful to me.
As I write and edit, I get lost in the words, rhythm, grammar, voice.
There are words that I have to look up often, because I can't get the spelling to stay in my head. Rhythm is one of those words. R H Y T H M. I like the way it sounds, but most of the time I right click/look it up again when it appears in my writing just to make sure. More importantly, I love the rhythm of the words on the page when it is done well.
"Words find a rhythm in my head and dance on the page, until I am happy the choreography is right."
This morning, I looked up synonyms for joy to express better how I am feeling while writing.
(follow this link to the google search for "joy" https://www.google.com/#q=joy) It is a great inspiration to see synonyms and antonyms. The activity draws out my creativity, and is a great writing prompt.
joyjoi/nounnoun: joy
- a feeling of great pleasure and happiness."tears of joy"synonyms:delight, great pleasure, joyfulness, jubilation, triumph, exultation, rejoicing, happiness, gladness, glee, exhilaration, exuberance, elation, euphoria, bliss, ecstasy, rapture; enjoyment, felicity, joie de vivre, jouissance; literaryjocundity "whoops of joy"pleasure, source of pleasure, delight, treat, thrill "it was a joy to be with her"
Active voice is preferable in writing prose and formal writing, because active voice is clear, less wordy, and less awkward.
The clue is that the subject performs a direct action, when a sentence is in active voice.
1 sentence 2 ways
I saw you. (noun verb object) In the sentence, it is clear who is doing what.
I (the subject) saw (the verb) you (the object).
You were seen by me.
In this sentence structure, the passive voice creates confusion. Exactly who is doing what? The verb should go with the noun, not the object.
active: Tom loves Susan.
passive: Susan is loved by Tom. Susan becomes the subject, but is not performing an action.
active: He heard it through friends. He (the subject) heard (verb) it (object)
passive: It was heard by him through friends. It (the subject) did not perform an action.
So there you have it, the answer to the question "What do you do every day?" While I work on my book or my blog, "I dance with words."
Barefoot and dancing,
Kim
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MORE POPULAR POSTS
you may also enjoy: Chapter 1 excerpt, The Barefoot House
