Writers as Readers

When I read I love to be as comfortable as possible.  My room is my comfort spot.  I have hanging lanterns above my bed and above the couch on the wall opposite from my bed.  I turn those on and the normal lights off.  I have a big furry body pillow I curl up with or rest my head on.  It has to be complete silence in order for me to focus on my book, I tend to get distracted very easily when reading.  Sometimes I even light incense in order to calm down and focus. 

The genre that interests me the most is probably romantic conflict.  I love romance books but I also love when there are lots of issues with either the relationship or the lives behind the two people. I love Sarah Dessens writing.  All of her books that I've read have some kind of conflict in them.  The girl is shy or has social issues or parent issues and then she meets a boy.  The guys in her books are always mysterious, you never really know what's up with them until about the middle of the book and then the two grow apart or fight and stop talking, but my absolute favorite thing about her writing is that there is always a complete ending and it's always happy.  You don't really have a good idea of what going to happen in her books but whenever I finish one it makes me feel happy and accomplished, as with some books the author doesn't give you much of a real solid ending, you're just left there hanging.  With her books she makes you feel like you are that girl living that life.

When I lived in Utah I was into the Twilight series, everyone was.  Stephanie Meyers was actually from Utah when the Twilight books became popular and all the teenage girls running wild when they started the first movie and times that by like ten! Utah's teenage girls were going nuts! And being one of them I read the entire series faster than I've ever gotten through one book.  I got all of the books as a gift from my grandmother who was also very fond of the series herself.  We always seemed to get along better than my mom and I ever did so I spent a majority of my time at my grandparents house.  When I was home though I would quick finish my homework and before dinner I would go out on our back deck and lock myself in the cushion filled deck box and just read for hours.  It sounds really weird I know, but the deck box was the only place I could get away from any distractions and interruptions.  It was warm and quiet and then cushions gave it the perfect amount of comfort.  I finished all four of my books in that deck box in less than a month and a half. 

I think it would be very fun to write a book one day. If I'm lucky enough or good enough maybe I will some day.  If I were to write a book one day I would really want to write one about my life and the lessons I've learned, the people I've met and tell their story as well.  The only problem is I wouldn't want my readers knowing it was my story... I wouldn't even want them to know it was me writing it.  I want to tell the stories I've heard and tell about what my life is like with a little twist on it maybe so no one would guess it was a true story.  I've actually thought about it a lot and I would want to begin my book with a car accident and then the rest of the book be flash backs of events that have happened in my life.  Have a chapter here and there about vaguely seeing the accident and then losing consciousness again...and maybe waking up when medics are putting me in an ambulance or being wheeled into the hospital.  I would love to put a twist on the end too.  I would want to be talking about guys I met and dated and then waking up to a husband and having my readers try and guess who it might be.  I would love to make a fiction/ nonfiction book of my life like that.  I just hope it would be good enough to be published.

I would start writing like no one will ever read it and I would try not to think "someone is going to read this" because I think we write best when we don't think about that.  We write directly from our minds and not worry about what people might think of us or how people might judge us.  If I became a writer this is how I would write.  I would just start typing and keep typing, not really think and just dig into my memory bringing up long lost moments or thoughts and remembers events and situations and feelings.  I would want to write a book where the reader feels like they are living my life and seeing what I'm seeing.  I would want them to read more, not be able to stop reading and not be able to guess what happens next.  I want them to picture a movie going on in their minds while they read every detail.  I want them to be able to relate.  I would love to be a writer one day...