tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post6117911786408056783..comments2024-03-17T04:09:26.074-04:00Comments on SpeEdChange: Why I write...irasocolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412837280249622430noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-43633385065104353912011-10-26T06:01:45.981-04:002011-10-26T06:01:45.981-04:00Great Writing.......
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Years ago I started to writ...Great post. Again. <br /><br />Years ago I started to write an historical novel about Fustat (Old Cairo) circa 1096. <br /><br />I started researching it when I was still in my 20s. That's how long ago I started. <br /><br />One day at my job as a legal proofreader, I went out to lunch with this fella. All the oldtimers heard wedding bells. He was Jewish. I was Jewish. He was a writer. I was a writer. <br /><br />When I told him I was writing an historical novel about Fustat, he told me that I couldn't because it wasn't anything I knew about. <br /><br />So much for that potential romance.<br /><br />No one should discourage another person from writing what is inside of them. That story is still inside of me and perhaps some day it'll get out. <br /><br />If nothing else people should write because language is fun. You can do all kinds of things with it. <br /><br />I taught Freshman Comp for four years. One of the objections I had to teaching these classes is that there were too many rules. I hated that. <br /><br />If I had to do it all over again, I would do a better job at teaching grammar, but, I would also tell my students that once they knew grammar rules, they could improvise like jazz. That's the beauty of writing really well. And I would teach more poetry, because how else can one learn how language sounds? Poets put together words in a way that transcends the rules. I find that liberating.Miss Shuganahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13200157646397610173noreply@blogger.com