Thread: My Kind of Writing

I think writing begins with one self .
It has to be.
It makes sense because writing is easier to execute.

I like reading real stories. I find them fascinating because they are related to people and are a fact of life.
So I found myself thinking up a new movement/genre to writing.
A new idea, a different direction if you like, to make writing accessible to everyone.
So I came up with 'PROGRESSIVE' writing.
Progressive because it is set in the past, but written in the present.
Let me explain.

So one ,say, begins by writing down stories that happened in one's life .
Let say events from the past.
I would call it a 'compilation 'of 'Life Stories'.
I would include stories from childhood, growing up, events, incidents ,travelling, childhood friends and plays.
Anyhting related to one's memories and life experiences.

I find writing stories related to me very easy to do and interesting to reread because I am the main character in them.
I know how to Begin, what the plots Are and I know how they End.

These characteristics makes writing a piece of cake, a doddle!!
After I have jotted down my chosen stories, I will then take 'Progressive' as my style/genre.
I am my own editor so I will proceed to changing the stories into something different something better.
Let's say one incident I can think of revoke upsets or brings back bad memorie for me to write and for others to read, so I will introduce new facts and ideas to improve my stories.
I will give them the feel good factor.
I call it 'perfecting' my stories.
I have, with the use of Progressive concept, in fact removed unwanted feelings, upsets or bad memories.
I have given my stories a fresher view, MY view, and turned down them into something sensational that would guarantee a unique read.
I can just imagine how successful the whole concept might become because it involves everyone..
A whole new way of thinking and writing will be born, and everyone becomes one in just that very simple act that is writing.
This is magical because it involves all of us, as every single person has a story to tell.
Where better to start writing then with MYSELF, about myself, my past, present and my better futur.

Congratulations on the effort you’ve put in to describing this concept, Nacian, however – and I’m truly sorry for raining on your parade – a large proportion of what you have outlined – not all, but a large proportion - is more-or-less the way in which a great many existing stories, including best-sellers, were written. In its simplest form, it’s called “Write what you know.” The writer takes an extract from his or her life and uses it as a basis for a more exciting piece of fiction. I do it all the time.

Hey thank for reading it OX.
I was not aware it was already out there..I have yet to go a library and buy popular reading by everyday people.
My idea here to encourage every single one of us to put pen topaper to write a best seller that about them set in an ideal world.
Thank you for yoru valued opinion it is very much appreciated.

I couldn't agree with you more about the value of writing. I have found that writing is therapeutic and transformative for me. For many years I wanted to write but never could get it off the ground until I started writing about what I saw in front of me and my personal experiences. Not only did my writing take on authenticity but my life started to take on authenticity.

Thank you for your post as it reminds me of why I write and I needed a little jump start today.

Nerot

Nacian
Like Ox, I would say that 'My Kind of Writing' is exactly what many of we mature writers are already doing.
What we oldies find so difficult to accept is that many young people don't really believe that what we used to do is what they do now.
In some ways we did more because more was permissible.

As a hobby in old age, a few years ago I started to write profusely about what had happened in my life some decades ago. Some of the happenings I
still do not feel free to write about because the people who would be the subjects of the stories are still alive. So I don't.

What would be the point for me to try writing fiction, when truth is so much stranger than fiction.

I don't have to dream up story lines, all I have to do is remember events. Then sometimes I might add a bit of glamour, or humour or pathos.

The question is whether what I now write about my life is classifiable as 'non-fiction' under which heading I mostly chose to post the work.
Should it, as you seem to suggest, be called something else?

I am not keen on 'Progressive' - but for me 'Reactive' might work.

Dv

Hi Divus
Writing is like painting...it depends on which mood you're in.
Also as a writer it is always good practice to write both progressive and reactive to test your waters and see what attracts more and why?
I personally would like to read stories who have a real life base but also incorporate magic..by that unusual denouement/ending becaue that is when your ability as a writer really shows.
We are all natural narrators of our own life experiences but what will make us stood out from the rest is that extra ability to turn an everday story to something totally out of the ordinary.
This is what will keep the reader coming back for more.
That something special about one everyday story that turned into something no one ever told or written about.
Does that make sense?

If I am to equate writing with another creative activity it would not be painting, it would be with cooking.

The objective of cooking is to appease the appetite of a guest with an edible blend of tasty food.

The problem for the cook is to know what the visitor likes to eat and how it should be flavoured.

The cook has no chance to appeal if he/she can't cook and doesn't know how to blend the ingredients and spices so that they produce the desired taste.

Sometimes a feast can be as simple as a cheese omelette, fresh crusty bread and a carafe of good wine.

Success of a meal will be largely a matter of taste - much the same as the opinion on an article by a reader.

The big problems for both cook and writer is usually that one can't please everyone all of the time.

And that some people have lousy taste.

Originally Posted by Nacian

We are all natural narrators of our own life experiences but what will make us stood (sic) out from the rest is that extra ability to turn an everday story to something totally out of the ordinary.
This is what will keep the reader coming back for more.

No matter how you dress up the words, this is still no more than what any writer does when wishing to write realistic fiction. They simply take what they know, add a few exciting bits to it, and it becomes a new story.

Sir Ox and Divus,
I think you are both very wise in your comments :
Sir Ox on "write about what you know"
Divus on how "oldies have done it before"
Both of so true.

Have a nice day,
Cricri

It,s an interesting idea but i can't help thinking it's just like an autobiography - wouldn't it be simpler to simply write your life story rather than embelish it with add on,s ?

Perhaps this mix of real and unreal is the point and i,m missing it !

Hi there..
The point is to make reading surreal without the nitty gritty bits of reality.
I am sure if we were to compare all our past experiences we would agree they would be similar.
So to take out them of this similarity if you like, another create another window, a unique one which will bring these 'commonlife experiences to another level never seen or heard before.

WHAT? Sacré Bleu!

Sacre Bleu?? Haha...did I say something wrong?

Surreal = weirdly unfamiliar, bizarre, distorted, or disturbing, like the experiences in a dream.

Not necessarily.
Surreal mean out of the ordinary for me. Something never seen/heard before.
Not distorted just different.