Early Influences

[grumpymartian]

Bless my poor neglected journal. It has been 24 days since my last entry. (To sum up, not dead-- just writing)

Nathan wrote a little about his influences as a writer -- and my reply was more than 140 characters. So here it is!

There are a lot of people who made me want to be a writer. I don't actually remember NOT wanting to be a writer. I learned

Comments

[zofia]

Wow, I think this is a pretty neat exercise. I never thought of myself as a 'writer', although I loved writing even more than my other artsy hobbies. Adam was the first person in my life to describe me as a 'writer' and it felt weird. Writers smoke pipes, are middle-aged men, and wear tweed. I never embraced the tag.

Uh, and... all the books that spurred me to write were filthy...

[grumpymartian]

I'm not much for labels in general. It always feels like trying to put on clothes that don't fit when someone wants me to pick one. I kind of think of labels as stage roles that people see me in throughout the day-- none of them really sum up "Me". Hell, I don't even use my name(s) inside my head except in relation to other people.

I find labels useful for answering questions that can't be answered. If someone doesn't have stories and characters stuck inside them they have no idea what that's like-- but you can say "I'm a writer" and they can be "oh right, you're a little weird" and everyone can go on with life.

There's nothing wrong with filthy. :) I'd link to it anyway. At worst I'd put a "This entry is probably safe for work but Zofia is not" :P