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@ 23. 07. 06 – 01:26:38 pm
I'm way behind with my writing schedule. The sunshine has generated more 'family days'. The temptation to get out and about is too great. I don't think I am as 'driven' with my writing as I once was. But I must knuckle-down from here on in.
However, I am half way through chapter four with over 13K words written. I'll have to stop slacking. Aiming for a total wordage of 80k means I have another 67k to find.
This lovely weather can't last, can it?
DoreenEdwards
Insane isn't the word for her. The child could have died from dehydration. I am sure her action is illegal and she certainly needs reporting.
Some people think they can treat their children like inanimate objects. A few weeks ago in a supermarket car park in my home town in South Wales a man was spotted locking a toddler in the boot of his car and driving off. A sharp-eyed shopper reported it to the police which sparked off a nation-wide search. They tracked him and caught up with him the following day in England somewhere. It wasn't a kidnap - he was some kind of relation of the child. He was brought back to Wales, charged and convicted.
Thankfully the child was unharmed. But as you say - it beggars belief.
safriz
For me transforming my thoughts,into words is difficult.I get good ideas to write about.When it comes to finding the right words to express them,i feel lost.
DoreenEdwards
I think writers often worry about the 'right' words when all they need are just words. Write as you speak - that's what I try to do.
Before I was published I worried about 'style' in my writing, but then I noticed as I was reading that most published writers use plain language - and readers prefer this. If the writer tries to be clever using big unusual words readers some times lose patience. They are not interested in the words themselves only the ideas conveyed by the words. And meaning is best conveyed in simple everyday language. That's my take on it anyway.
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I find it nearly impossible to write seriously in this heat and I have several articles to finish. Just got back from shopping and some stupid woman (foreign as it turns out but that is besides the point) had locked her toddler in her car, in the sun with all the windows shut. She got quite shirty when Louise called her insane. Louise is going to report her as thast must be illegal, apart from being so thoughtless as to beggar belief.