tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post2478023654346082625..comments2024-03-11T05:56:25.376-05:00Comments on T. Powell Coltrin Writes : Creative Writing?T. Powell Coltrinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02160774009926623671noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-9710922802576599692011-01-23T18:48:23.702-06:002011-01-23T18:48:23.702-06:00I'm not sure how old I was when I was bitten b...I'm not sure how old I was when I was bitten by the bug, but I do remember submitting a poem to a song publisher when I was in fifth grade. They put it to music and asked me for $500. to have it song on the radio. It still hasn't been sung. lol, but Mom played it and we sang it together. Mom's are like that, yeah, they are. :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02383088026534281295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-10998539785569582962011-01-18T09:05:24.296-06:002011-01-18T09:05:24.296-06:00I was writing and doing plays, too, when I was ver...I was writing and doing plays, too, when I was very young. I brought my sister in on it, and later our cousin.Mary Aalgaardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051735579638637382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-52437477834045060102011-01-17T06:53:50.825-06:002011-01-17T06:53:50.825-06:00Hi Teresa .. love the play .. gosh to be young aga...Hi Teresa .. love the play .. gosh to be young again! I was hopeless at school and so never wrote til I started writing travel letters home from South Africa .. I suspect that's where it partly started. <br /><br />The letters I write re my mother to family and friends, and the things we talk about are similar to my blog posts, which still amuse.<br /><br />Quite honestly not sure where it all began - certainly down memory lane!! Amazing that most people started so young .. I did read a lot though .. but the creativity and imagination never came out ..<br /><br />Cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-71490873832373607232011-01-16T10:54:16.489-06:002011-01-16T10:54:16.489-06:00Oh, you have dredged up some memories!
I have nev...Oh, you have dredged up some memories!<br /><br />I have never known a time I did not write.<br /><br />I still remember my first poem:<br /><br />I have a dog whose name is Shep<br />When I work he likes to help<br />And when I play <br />At my side is where he stays.<br /><br />Shep was run over week before last<br />by a driver who was going mighty fast<br />Beneath the oak tree is where he now lays,<br />Ever since that mournful day.<br /><br />True story! Second grade, no career for me.Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479223227928561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-53920374329829688532011-01-16T06:50:28.137-06:002011-01-16T06:50:28.137-06:00JW,
Isn't it so fun to look over earlier writ...JW, <br />Isn't it so fun to look over earlier writings and wonder whay you were thinking? or perhaps you knew exactly what you were thinking in some cases. Regardless it is fun to look back!Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12795817810030681267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-30600812526390999872011-01-15T17:16:38.871-06:002011-01-15T17:16:38.871-06:00Your play is so much fun! So full of that young gi...Your play is so much fun! So full of that young girl's spirit. My first writing experiences were keeping a diary, then I moved to poems and short stories, none of which survive - which is probably a good thing. :-)Deb Shuckahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439395710731341021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-9396245644637345432011-01-15T16:38:18.294-06:002011-01-15T16:38:18.294-06:00LOL, love the play. Sounds like you have a wonderf...LOL, love the play. Sounds like you have a wonderful inspiration in your dad.Diane J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06638568994448668008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-76468718501598297382011-01-15T12:49:54.679-06:002011-01-15T12:49:54.679-06:00Love it! :) I remember writing a 'tragic' ...Love it! :) I remember writing a 'tragic' story about a gypsy man mourning the death of his wife. Maybe grade 5 or so. Very dramatic stuff :)Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-41205465978903291082011-01-14T17:39:51.132-06:002011-01-14T17:39:51.132-06:00I think the first story I wrote was in Fourth Grad...I think the first story I wrote was in Fourth Grade--a sci-fi one on tablet paper, from there I wrote articles and poems for the school newspaper and a poem for my mom in sixth grade that she gave me when I had my first child.Terri Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771622379178654235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-42779751978619985622011-01-14T13:39:28.014-06:002011-01-14T13:39:28.014-06:00I wrote some short stories and the rough draft for...I wrote some short stories and the rough draft for my book when I was a teen. Still have most of it, too.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-60575089268414222292011-01-14T12:15:33.836-06:002011-01-14T12:15:33.836-06:00Oh, you are TOO CUTE! I love it! My grade school ...Oh, you are TOO CUTE! I love it! My grade school self didn't quite have the umph to write. I fell in love with writing with letters and journals--I have a friend I met at camp and for a decade she and I wrote several letters a week--that extended into poems.<br /><br />My first book idea was in Jr. High, but I didn't write it... just daydreamed about when it was written. An author was always my dream job, but I didn't have any idea how to go about it, so between age 13 and 25 I probably had a dozen single chapterish starts, but I just didn't have a clue. it's probably because at the time I loved books but in a 'passive, take me on a ride' way--I was always stressed out with any analysis and I hated the idea of plotting the ending from the start--I thought it seemed unnatural and inorganic... I wanted to be INSPIRED.<br /><br />at 26 I was inspired through half a book, but I never DID get there until I fell in love with Harry Potter and started DISCUSSING all the components, and anticipating future books by looking at past books that I realized there was an underlying puzzle. It caused me to take up fan fiction where I finally learned what the heck went into a completed story.Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-23586461763750200782011-01-14T10:30:55.338-06:002011-01-14T10:30:55.338-06:00Great play. I remember entering a writing contest ...Great play. I remember entering a writing contest in grade school. But my love of reading started even younger. Have a great weekend.<br /><br />Mason<br /><a href="http://www.masoncanyon.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Thoughts in Progress</a>Mason Canyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935307400882363560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-29749850024779764172011-01-14T10:07:56.262-06:002011-01-14T10:07:56.262-06:00I can't remember. The first thing I remember w...I can't remember. The first thing I remember writing was fanfic in high school. Good days.<br />CDAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160669603997465454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-73100684720745797262011-01-14T09:49:08.694-06:002011-01-14T09:49:08.694-06:00Yup, that's pretty how much how my stories wen...Yup, that's pretty how much how my stories went when I was younger, lol! Too funny. I love reading my old stuff from when I was little. It's a great ab workout from all the laughing I do!<br /><br />I remember writing my first poems and stories when I was 7 or 8, but my mom said I was always telling stories to her and my dad and my siblings and our dogs. I don't really remember that, but apparently it was sweet and very comical!Laura S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13934230198562773803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-78946792421603230822011-01-14T08:34:06.453-06:002011-01-14T08:34:06.453-06:00As far back as I can remember I made up stories. M...As far back as I can remember I made up stories. Mostly they lived inside my head. I liked to write, but it took me a long time to realize I should write the stories in my head. Maybe I was a little slow....Carol Kilgorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168273312704732896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-80877738808897085362011-01-14T08:30:50.700-06:002011-01-14T08:30:50.700-06:00I wrote my first piece at age 6. I always loved w...I wrote my first piece at age 6. I always loved writing through school. In college, I got away from it and focused on production, and it took me awhile to circle around back.Devon Ellingtonhttp://devonellington.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-78707154659303957332011-01-14T08:24:38.850-06:002011-01-14T08:24:38.850-06:00I remember writing stories just for fun when I was...I remember writing stories just for fun when I was in 3rd and 4th grade. <br /><br />Sounds like you got the writing gene from your dad!CMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15697762495151569561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-47831855144685384162011-01-14T05:01:36.140-06:002011-01-14T05:01:36.140-06:00I love your play!
I knew in second grade that I ...I love your play! <br /><br />I knew in second grade that I loved it, knew in 4th that I wanted to *be* a writer. I think the bug bites early!Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.com