it's all in who you know

Hello! I'm back again after a very long, unwelcome absence. Duty called (read "day job"), so blogging got put on indefinite hiatus. Even now, I'm feeling a bit guilty for being here, doing this (read: having fun), instead of working, working, working, working.

Enough whining. For now, I offer you a fun, relatively easy write down memory lane, courtesy of Discovering the Writer Within by Bruce Ballenger and Barry Lane. These two suggest that you take some time (probably 30 minutes at least) to make a list of every person you've ever known. You might want to start out chronologically, but don't make a big deal out of it. It's okay if you miss a few people along the way. The important thing you'll soon discover with this activity is just how many people you have encountered in your life, each of them a tool in your writer's toolkit, each of them capable of contributing a detail here and there, many capable of starring in entire stories or novels. Happy reminiscing!

posted by lit lover at 3:14 PM