Another Phony…. Maybe I Should Write For A Living
Misha Defonseca just came out to say her best-selling Holocaust memoir is a fake… yet one more writer who decided to cross the line into fiction. My question is, why didn’t you just start out in fiction to begin with? At least that way you’d still have your reputation as a writer…
I write here for fun. I enjoy writing. I’ve always harbored a secret desire to write professionally, and this is the best of both worlds; I can write whatever I want (sort of) but my livelihood does not depend on it. Therefore, I will not starve. However, the more I peruse bookstores, the Internet, and other various forms of media, I’m starting to think that maybe, just maybe, I might be able to do this. I know that my English is far from flawless, but I know it’s better than some of the CRAP I see being distributed to my door daily. And the other thing; some of these writers don’t even CARE if their facts are straight…. well, hell, I can write fiction just as well as anyone else at the Chronicle.
I know that writing is an art form; once you get the basic strokes down, true talent lies within the ability to move the observer. I know that some people will not like my stories (especially when they recognize themselves in them, lol)… but I have a broad imagination. I think I could come up with unique plotlines that don’t follow a canned formula (sorry, John Grishom).
Someday…. soon.
April 8th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Never know until you try it! Though, writing fiction is entirely different than writing from reality.