Writing is like building a house

[reasie]

So, these friends of mine are building a house together. Well, remodeling a house together. They even made a blog for it: The Purple Front DoorAnd because Emily contributed to my mini write-a-thon and asked me to write something about a couple building a home together ("and totally name them Emily and Nathan.") I spent a lot of time reading all the

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[gwacie]

Lovely metaphor darling *mwah*

[reasie]

Thank YOU darling. *mwah* Good to know it makes sense and I'm not just rambling. ;)

[likelydisaster]

I spend an inordinate amount of time reading through their blog! I find house renovations to be completely fascinating. It definitely seems like they have their work cut out for them...

[reasie]

I love manual labor - I can watch it all day. ;) I can't wait for the housewarming, though! :)

[deafelis]

You are so incredibly accurate, and I love how you described the similarities. This is something that all new writers need to hear. I also really like how you defined "creativity." We certainly don't think of it that way most of the time, do we?

[reasie]

I think we use it as an excuse. Either you're creative or you're not - like you have blue eyes or you don't - and that's not the case. I've been told a thousand times how creative I am, but I've never had an original idea in my life. For years I really let that get me down. I thought there was something wrong with me, something missing.