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So, aside from lemonade, there is paper cuts to deal with. Truthfully, I am a very careful person. I'm organized, my books are alphabetized and my desk is polished so well I can see the reflection of my cup on it. But for some reason, I just keep cutting myself on the edges of papers and books and any sort of paper-material. Literally, my hands are covered with paper cuts that I have no idea where they came from. I touch a lot of paper every week, but I rarely ever got paper cuts. Now it seems like my skin is made of paper. I have this long cut from the base of my pinky finger to the joint thing, and assorted cuts and scrapes of varied proportions. Let's just say that paper has not been kind to me over the past few weeks. Anyways, aside from the growing danger that paper seems to be taking revenge on me, that's it with my history of injuries. For now.
I am a writer. An amateur one, to be exact. I usually construct fan fiction off artists that I like (no, not One Direction or anything like that), and dabble a bit in writing futuristic storylines, although I feel more comfortable writing about older eras. I have written and started many stories, but most of them are quite short and unfinished. Being an avid reader, I find it very inspiring when reading a good book. My recommendations are varied though, as I read practically every book that looks interesting. This was why reading Divergent was such a different experience for me; reading about such a complicated character and her intricately woven world was such an eye-opener. Roth did a really good job constructing the characters, placing them in a world where fighting for what you love and believe in is survival, and discussing the true meaning of being different. The trilogy is just so perfectly written and such an inspirational piece, I feel like I could burst at the seams from all the emotions felt reading the book. Building a plot like that is extremely difficult, as I have tried it myself, and it requires skill and determination to even create the book into something you want. Possibly the hardest part of writing fiction and whatnot is that you need to know your characters. Not just that they are people in a story, but as the end result and the symbol of your views and what you want to express. You need to have the stubbornness and the persistence to keep writing.
There are lots of great writers nowadays. There's always been tons of great writers. I love writers of touching books that weave stories of love that aren't too cliche and honeyed over. Writers like Rainbow Rowell, John Green, Kristen Cashore, Paolo Giordano, Harper Lee,... from writers of young adult fiction to adult fiction. I also love historical fiction books, but not from the regular "girl-in-the-Civil-War-days" kinds, but more along the lines of Edward Rutherfurd, who writes spell-binding novels of the histories of famous cities. I'm currently reading his Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga by the way, and let me just say, wow. He can spin tales about generation after generation of people like the back of his hand. Heads up, I'll probably be writing about some of these authors sooner or later.
There are also older writers that I've loved since the beginning (which was four years ago or so): Charles Dickens, George Orwell, Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald... the list goes on. There's always the classics, and I've always loved the classics. I remember picking up a copy of Animal Farm a few years back, not understanding anything I was reading. Picking it up again recently, I enjoyed it so much more as compared to my previous experience. F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby? Great book, great movie. I think I used to have a poster of it, but hid it away somewhere after waking up to glowing eyes in the middle of the night. Time to rummage through me ol' junk :)
So... Not knowing how-to end a post... again... but
I am a writer. An amateur one, to be exact. I usually construct fan fiction off artists that I like (no, not One Direction or anything like that), and dabble a bit in writing futuristic storylines, although I feel more comfortable writing about older eras. I have written and started many stories, but most of them are quite short and unfinished. Being an avid reader, I find it very inspiring when reading a good book. My recommendations are varied though, as I read practically every book that looks interesting. This was why reading Divergent was such a different experience for me; reading about such a complicated character and her intricately woven world was such an eye-opener. Roth did a really good job constructing the characters, placing them in a world where fighting for what you love and believe in is survival, and discussing the true meaning of being different. The trilogy is just so perfectly written and such an inspirational piece, I feel like I could burst at the seams from all the emotions felt reading the book. Building a plot like that is extremely difficult, as I have tried it myself, and it requires skill and determination to even create the book into something you want. Possibly the hardest part of writing fiction and whatnot is that you need to know your characters. Not just that they are people in a story, but as the end result and the symbol of your views and what you want to express. You need to have the stubbornness and the persistence to keep writing.
There are lots of great writers nowadays. There's always been tons of great writers. I love writers of touching books that weave stories of love that aren't too cliche and honeyed over. Writers like Rainbow Rowell, John Green, Kristen Cashore, Paolo Giordano, Harper Lee,... from writers of young adult fiction to adult fiction. I also love historical fiction books, but not from the regular "girl-in-the-Civil-War-days" kinds, but more along the lines of Edward Rutherfurd, who writes spell-binding novels of the histories of famous cities. I'm currently reading his Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga by the way, and let me just say, wow. He can spin tales about generation after generation of people like the back of his hand. Heads up, I'll probably be writing about some of these authors sooner or later.
Yes. I fangirl and go beserk over books.
There are also older writers that I've loved since the beginning (which was four years ago or so): Charles Dickens, George Orwell, Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald... the list goes on. There's always the classics, and I've always loved the classics. I remember picking up a copy of Animal Farm a few years back, not understanding anything I was reading. Picking it up again recently, I enjoyed it so much more as compared to my previous experience. F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby? Great book, great movie. I think I used to have a poster of it, but hid it away somewhere after waking up to glowing eyes in the middle of the night. Time to rummage through me ol' junk :)
So... Not knowing how-to end a post... again... but
English shit and I shall never part. EVER.
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