We don't need to have a degree in writing to write,
Just a little whisk of inspiration, a cup of imagination, a spoonful of glee and a drop of tears.
Really, anyone can write just as anyone can cook. But not anyone could write a really good book.
For most they are there to enjoy and read,the words the writer spreads.
But nonetheless write, a note of love or poem of goodbyes.
Whatever the method you use, no matter what style you choose.
Begin a story and tell a tale, or simply doodle your mind away. Pen every word you want to say.
Write, write, write!
♥xo♥
jacelyn darelam
12 July 2011
Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts
Monday, July 11, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Julie & Julia et Writing!
Today morning, I saw this movie - Julie & Julia... I was fascinated how these two women were inspired to write. For Julia she wrote a cook book out of passion for food and cooking great food and to share the passion across cooks and women in America who may never be able to go to France and taste French cuisine, and women who don’t have much to spend for cooking lessons. And for Julie, a writer at heart who found the inspiration to pursue a dream, a calling... these two women inspired me today on my "B" day to look back on the day I began to write and how I fell in love with writing (and reading, and creating, and cooking!), and reflected on what inspires me to write and to pursue a dream.
What drives me to continue to write penned letters despite of my ugly handwriting, and to continue writing and sharing on this little blog in the little corner of the web... to share and learn and maybe somehow, in return... inspire someone out there to write and dream and pursue and prevail!
But first, I want to ask you this question my sweet readers (whoever you are, if there is any out there)...
How do you write?
A poem? A letter... or lyrics to music? A prose, a novel or even a blog?
What inspires you to pick up that pen or open you word office tool in your pc and start typing?
As for me, a little history on my writing... I started to write when I was in grade school, yeah you might say I first learnt to write my name... sure that counts! But really wrote something creative and out of inspiration began when I was in fourth grade. I wrote a letter to my mom, as she used to always travel for work, I used to write to her or make a card for her... while I was writing on her birthday card, I noticed that the words just seem to rhyme... and that is when I discovered, I can write poems and love writing poems!
We had a small library at the public school I went to and every week I would volunteer to help clean or stack the books at that library so i could get free hours reading poems and nursery rhymes and short stories and literature. I continued writing letters to my mom, to my friends from the many different schools I went to and to my cousins. The prose, the verses I read inspired me to write and write and write.
In high school, I joined the school paper "The Clarinet". I was in my first year, I focused more on writing poems, our English teacher introduced us to writing “Haiku” and I was addicted! I continued to write in college, for a college paper I was in the creative and features section. My dad, gave me his typewriter so I could have more time to write my short stories and poems... until slowly withou going unnoticed... the computer age came.
No more typewriters or penned letters, the internet age has taken over the missives we used to send via the snail mail... there came the sms or text messaging... and admittedly, i did stopped sending penned letters and I have neglected writing for a time... I was so busy with my work, with some other things in my life and forgot about that passion. But I never lost the habit of keeping a journal... yes despite all that techno influence, I still write from time to time in my dusty old journal... kept underneath the bed or at the bottom of my closet. I may have forgotten about writing but I didnt lose that passion.
I may not be as dedicated as Julie or Julia, but I can proudly say... I still write and able to... and promise to never lose that passion and make time to write... either a short note to my Mister or in my journal dedicated to my daughters. I will write.
So I encourage you sweet reader, whatever it is you want to pen down... do it. Whatever method. Whatever style.
And oh, it's fun to write with a good cup of coffee and a slice of cake!
I wish Julie is here, I would love to taste that delicious beef bourguignon =)
I also love to cook for my mister, but that's something to write for another day...
Happy writing!
jacelyndarelam
03 Mar 2011
What drives me to continue to write penned letters despite of my ugly handwriting, and to continue writing and sharing on this little blog in the little corner of the web... to share and learn and maybe somehow, in return... inspire someone out there to write and dream and pursue and prevail!
But first, I want to ask you this question my sweet readers (whoever you are, if there is any out there)...
How do you write?
A poem? A letter... or lyrics to music? A prose, a novel or even a blog?
What inspires you to pick up that pen or open you word office tool in your pc and start typing?
As for me, a little history on my writing... I started to write when I was in grade school, yeah you might say I first learnt to write my name... sure that counts! But really wrote something creative and out of inspiration began when I was in fourth grade. I wrote a letter to my mom, as she used to always travel for work, I used to write to her or make a card for her... while I was writing on her birthday card, I noticed that the words just seem to rhyme... and that is when I discovered, I can write poems and love writing poems!
We had a small library at the public school I went to and every week I would volunteer to help clean or stack the books at that library so i could get free hours reading poems and nursery rhymes and short stories and literature. I continued writing letters to my mom, to my friends from the many different schools I went to and to my cousins. The prose, the verses I read inspired me to write and write and write.
In high school, I joined the school paper "The Clarinet". I was in my first year, I focused more on writing poems, our English teacher introduced us to writing “Haiku” and I was addicted! I continued to write in college, for a college paper I was in the creative and features section. My dad, gave me his typewriter so I could have more time to write my short stories and poems... until slowly withou going unnoticed... the computer age came.
No more typewriters or penned letters, the internet age has taken over the missives we used to send via the snail mail... there came the sms or text messaging... and admittedly, i did stopped sending penned letters and I have neglected writing for a time... I was so busy with my work, with some other things in my life and forgot about that passion. But I never lost the habit of keeping a journal... yes despite all that techno influence, I still write from time to time in my dusty old journal... kept underneath the bed or at the bottom of my closet. I may have forgotten about writing but I didnt lose that passion.
I may not be as dedicated as Julie or Julia, but I can proudly say... I still write and able to... and promise to never lose that passion and make time to write... either a short note to my Mister or in my journal dedicated to my daughters. I will write.
So I encourage you sweet reader, whatever it is you want to pen down... do it. Whatever method. Whatever style.
And oh, it's fun to write with a good cup of coffee and a slice of cake!
I wish Julie is here, I would love to taste that delicious beef bourguignon =)
I also love to cook for my mister, but that's something to write for another day...
Happy writing!
jacelyndarelam
03 Mar 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
timeless treasures...
Hello loves, I am pleased to introduce you to my new companion in writing...
The good old pal typewriter I named - tender letters
When I was a teenager, I used to borrow my Dad's typewriter to write my poems, letters to my best friends, short stories and all those sorts of creative writing stuff...
But we lost the old pal to a flood in November 2000, the flooding of November 2000 brought so much devastation to our home... we lost a lot of the valuable things that my parents work so hard for... and all my work including our good and reliable typewriter was lost.
Last December, I was telling my husband that I may be able to buy a second hand typewriter from BooksActually... when he suddenly remembered that their family has an Olympia which no one uses anymore, and he will ask his sister if they can give it to me =)
Alas! His lovely sister agreed and have prepared Tender Letters so we can bring her back to Singapore...
Now I can write new adventures with tender letters... and share notes of more timeless treasures with you all =)
Have a tender and lovely evening.
Loves,
darelammy
The good old pal typewriter I named - tender letters
When I was a teenager, I used to borrow my Dad's typewriter to write my poems, letters to my best friends, short stories and all those sorts of creative writing stuff...
But we lost the old pal to a flood in November 2000, the flooding of November 2000 brought so much devastation to our home... we lost a lot of the valuable things that my parents work so hard for... and all my work including our good and reliable typewriter was lost.
Last December, I was telling my husband that I may be able to buy a second hand typewriter from BooksActually... when he suddenly remembered that their family has an Olympia which no one uses anymore, and he will ask his sister if they can give it to me =)
Alas! His lovely sister agreed and have prepared Tender Letters so we can bring her back to Singapore...
Now I can write new adventures with tender letters... and share notes of more timeless treasures with you all =)
Have a tender and lovely evening.
Loves,
darelammy
Sunday, November 14, 2010
letters to my daughters...
Hello... *-.-*
Do you keep a journal? Not a diary but a journal where your thoughts on things, places and people are kept?
Me, at the moment... I have a couple! ;-)
The first one, which I began to keep last year is called "writing adventures". I like to give titles to my journals, because I like to theme them, the "writing adventures" journal is all about my adventures and misadventures with people and places... and where sometimes I answer questions from people, that I think are hard for me to answer in person. So I write about them =)
And then just this year, I started another one, I called it, "letters to my daughters"... you might be wondering why at their age right now (Alphie is almost 3 and Noa Stina is almost 1 year old) I am writing a letter to them when they can’t even read?
Maybe I am just impatient, I can’t wait for them to grow up before telling them about the things I see, and feel, and admire, hate or love. There is no better time to tell my feeling s for them and the advise I want to give them, but now.
So, in this little journal, I write to them, and my heart speaks to them thru ink and paper.
Most of my journals are written in MS word documents and saved in my personal computer, if I have my old typewriter I would write thru that, but that old fella’s been long gone, swallowed by a flood back in year 2000 (that’s another story for another day). While I am very thankful to the technology we are all enjoying, I still love penned letters… so after writing them on my PC, I pen them down in my notebook.
Mr. Mister gave me a new journal, he brought as present for me from his trip to San Francisco, he knows my weaknesses, and so I immediately fell in love with this little pretty notebook! [yes, it's the lovely notebook on the photos].
The new home of my letters to Alphie and Noa Stina.
I hope they would enjoy reading those letters as much as I enjoyed writing them.
And that they will be patient enough to make out the words even if their eyes hurt from reading my penmanship [tee hee].
Hope I was able to inspire you to write too using the good old pen and paper. Pour your thoughts out to a loved one or a friend… =)
Happy writing!
-darelammy
Do you keep a journal? Not a diary but a journal where your thoughts on things, places and people are kept?
Me, at the moment... I have a couple! ;-)
The first one, which I began to keep last year is called "writing adventures". I like to give titles to my journals, because I like to theme them, the "writing adventures" journal is all about my adventures and misadventures with people and places... and where sometimes I answer questions from people, that I think are hard for me to answer in person. So I write about them =)
And then just this year, I started another one, I called it, "letters to my daughters"... you might be wondering why at their age right now (Alphie is almost 3 and Noa Stina is almost 1 year old) I am writing a letter to them when they can’t even read?
Maybe I am just impatient, I can’t wait for them to grow up before telling them about the things I see, and feel, and admire, hate or love. There is no better time to tell my feeling s for them and the advise I want to give them, but now.
So, in this little journal, I write to them, and my heart speaks to them thru ink and paper.
Most of my journals are written in MS word documents and saved in my personal computer, if I have my old typewriter I would write thru that, but that old fella’s been long gone, swallowed by a flood back in year 2000 (that’s another story for another day). While I am very thankful to the technology we are all enjoying, I still love penned letters… so after writing them on my PC, I pen them down in my notebook.
Mr. Mister gave me a new journal, he brought as present for me from his trip to San Francisco, he knows my weaknesses, and so I immediately fell in love with this little pretty notebook! [yes, it's the lovely notebook on the photos].
The new home of my letters to Alphie and Noa Stina.
I hope they would enjoy reading those letters as much as I enjoyed writing them.
And that they will be patient enough to make out the words even if their eyes hurt from reading my penmanship [tee hee].
Hope I was able to inspire you to write too using the good old pen and paper. Pour your thoughts out to a loved one or a friend… =)
Happy writing!
-darelammy
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