Those special moments when first words tumble from a baby’s mouth bring so much joy to parents. How we live to hear Ma-ma or Da-da, utterances of recognition that soon grow into jumbled, giggly little sentences as the toddler emerges.
Vocabulary grows with the child; the structure of thoughts molds the individual personality of that person. Emotions are openly expressed…or deliberately hidden.
For adults, first true words aren’t spoken until much later, often through writing. The person behind a book or a blog can be someone else entirely, miles away from all that developmental dialogue that guided them into adulthood.
Does this make sense to you?
In some ways, I’ve always been a writer. Stories hid inside my head and page after page waited anxiously to be shared with others. Chapters came out in conversation but never managed to land in print until a few years ago when I started writing my book and “Another cookie, please!” was born.
Then came the great crash! Read about it here. I can’t bear to re-hash my stupidity.
Once my panic subsided from the above incident and I entered the world of blogging, I realized that I hadn’t lost anything. Not at all. Those words circled in my head like an airplane waiting to land and since I’ve taken the blog-plunge, it feels as if I’ve been doing it forever.
It’s only been a little over one year. Imagine that!
I see it every day on sites I visit. People who start blogging to share mommy or other stories; photography, recipes…you name it, they write about it. Very often they venture out in response to a writing prompt for fun or to try something new. Their incredible words appear on the screen and the talent behind a post blossoms, as if it had been hiding, just waiting to be urged into the sunshine.
And then…our words run smack dab into a wall, that dreaded Writer’s Slump/Block..call it what you will. That’s where I’ve been of late and from several other bloggers that I’ve visited, it’s fairly contagious. Actually, it majorly sucks!
This too, shall pass. I’m sure of that. The very fact that I finally published this post (which has been glaring at me from my drafts folder for the last three weeks) is evidence that the writing doldrums are easing. I’m working hard on getting a whole new bunch of first words ready for the reading world.
Eventually. This post doesn’t count. Just didn’t want my imaginary friends thinking I stopped yapping via my keyboard.
