I went to Women of Faith this weekend. There is so much stuff to take in and process. I'm still thinking through it all and hopfully if regular life doesn't get too hectic I will have more time over the next few weeks to really apply stuff that I learned.
Weird thing. I have always thought it would be great to write, I've even started a few books over the years. The main reason I don't finish them is because I can get a concept and develop it for a while, but I don't seem to have the wherewithall to make it big enough to become a book. That and I know my grammar is lacking, so I am intimidated by the thought of putting my words out there and being told..."nice thought, but how far did you get in school? No really, did they teach English there?" (By the way, they did in deed teach English at my school.)
Getting to my point-->Anyway, in the first session one of the speakers made a comment, he reads a lot and got started reading by reading over 200 biographies of successful people. Then he proceeded with pointing out that they don't write books about losers. I have thought about that all weekend. This I could do. I could write an autobiography of a loser and send it to this guy. :)
When discussing my idea to Jadee (who attended with me) I pointed out that by many accounts I don't equivocate to a success, (therefore the loser title) but I would parallel God's story in my life to the "loser" moments. While she liked the concept, she wondered why did I want to send it to that guy? Wasn't I wanting to just enter the contest? I had NO idea that while I was thinking about this book concept there is a contest for the women who attend Women of Faith to write their story and the winner gets a publishing deal out of it!
I don't know the details, but I'm strongly considering looking further into this. I think my bad spelling and grammar might even play into the "loser" angle.
Anyway, there is a deadline, so if I decide to do this, I might throw out a thought or even part of the book out here for you all from time to time. Who knows, I may even pull from the blog archives to help tell my story!
1 comment:
I got a good laugh out of your idea. I think all of us have loser moments that could be effective illustrations.
Something that I have heard regarding writing is that for the first book you just want to plow through and finish no matter how many mistakes you are making in the process. That way you can use the experience and confidence from that first book (that won't get published) to do a good job on your second book. :)
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