I have been thinking about writing for forty years or more, and in small ways have completed some works. I have some poetry published and have presented some work at Writing Weeks locally, but most of the work I did ended up as notes on pieces of paper and filed as "important information" in a drawer somewhere. (Anyone else no what I'm saying?)
It was just over three years ago that I began to take real notice of online programmes offering advice on writing with groups, and even then it was still in the stages of read it, save it and forget it. The real change came at the end of last year when the urge, or stronger came over me to write a story about my experiences over thirty years ago when I found myself standing on a kibbutz in the Negev Desert, in a war zone. The story had been with me for all those years and it took the prompting of some "giants" of the internet to give me the kick I required.
The first mention must go to Mark Victor Hanson after reading "Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul" and realising that I had a tale to tell i n the first place. Next I think was Joan Stewart "The Publicity Hound" where I started picking up ideas about writing PR for my other businesses; then Suzanne Leiurance of The Working Writer's Club where I finally decided to "get my backside" in gear and seek a group where advice, support and the opportunity to write came into fruition. It was through the WWC that the A-Z Challenge first showed itself to me and through the members of the club that I have managed to follow this through so far.
It is a great undertaking, because I could be doing a thousand other things, but thanks to everyone on my lists, from networking, social media, exercise classes and the world in general, I am not doing it alone.
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