I recently read a blog, PhDinWriting, that featured writer and poet, Carrie Oeding and how she became a writer.
Needless to say, it was a great read, or else I wouldn’t be blogging about it. After reading the post, I was inspired to do a post on women writers, their inspiration for writing, success, and contribution to the world of wanna-be writers.
“Just write and things will happen.”-Carrie Oeding’s college creative writing professors taught her.
This is so true! If you write from your own personal experiences and feelings, or what inspires you most, you will go far in your writing!
Maya Angelou, famous autobiographer and poet bravely opened up to her readers about a young life filled with turmoil and heartbreak. She unveils truths in her autobiographies and expresses herself through her poetry. The harmonization of these brilliant literary styles of writing make Maya the writer that she is. Because she writes from a place of truth, Maya Angelou is an interesting, yet relatable creature to her readers and fans. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, her first autobiography touched so many of her readers that she went on to write five additional volumes. The additional volumes all bare the distinct narration as the first, and are written based on times and places throughout her life.
Not only are readers captivated by truth, but also good fiction. For some, truth can be daunting, and somewhat boring. For the imaginatively enhanced, a story that takes them to an unknown place is more striking.
19th century British writer, Mary Shelley is most famous for her gothic-romantic novel Frankenstein. The book was actually inspired by her travels to where the story took place and an actual dream that she had of a mad scientist who created her own person, but became horrified by what she had created. In a contest with peers on who could write the scariest story, and after an adventure through Geneva, Frankenstein, one of the most recognized monster tales in history was born. So it was a simple challenge and practically a nightmare that inspired Shelley.
A writer that is probably more known for fictional writings based slightly on reality is Romantic novelist, Danielle Steel. Marrying at a young age, Steel wrote her first novel at the age of 19, after having her first child. The book coincidentally focussed on the hardships of family and relationships, in which Steel found herself to be experiencing as a young wife and mother. After divorcing and remarrying two more times, once to a future convicted serial rapist, and having six more children, Steele definitely found herself with more inspiration for those sometimes scandalous novels she’s known for. However, in 1997, she found herself with heartbreaking material for a nonfiction book, His Bright Light, when her son, who was suffering from bipolar disorder, committed suicide.
Basically, writing is an art. Art is inspired by the inner feelings, experiences, thoughts, and dreams of the artist. Wouldn’t you say that blogging writers are expressing a form of art? I think so. Blogs are the new books and magazines. They are places where you can ramble on about what inspires you, what captivates you, and what you’ve learned about life. I am posting this today because I am inspired by brilliant writers of all kinds. They’re stories paint pictures and essentially, that’s what I want to do. Don’t you?
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