Wow, what a CRAZY week it’s been!
My weekend is going to be great because I’m FINALLY getting furniture delivered my house this afternoon. For those of you who have been following the blog, you may remember when I donated most of my furniture to a single mother and her family in February.
So now after four months, I’m going to be able to start writing in my brand new office. I can’t wait! I’ll be sure to post some pictures soon.
Did any of you get a chance to watch Master Chef on Fox this Tuesday? The premise is to take the best home cooks in America and through elimination competition, turn one of them into a culinary master.
It was an emotional show.
First, most of these people have other lives, other jobs but cooking is their passion. It is what they love to do more than anything.
I thought about us as writers how it’s almost like the same thing. A lot of us do other things in our lives but we all are passionate about writing. We love it more than anything.
Watching the qualification rounds on Master Chef, it was easy to spot which ones were ready to take it to the next level and learn more to become a culinary expert.
I started to think about cooking and writing. It’s the kind of thing where it seems *so* simple. Cooking? It’s just taking some spices and mixing it all together right? Same with writing. It’s just pages and pages of words.
Anyone can do it.
But we know that it’s not that simple. A dish cooked with passion and made from the heart tastes totally different than a dish cooked from a box with instructions. The same with writing. Simple words on the page read flat if they don’t have the passion of storytelling behind them.
It takes more than just writing words on the page. It also takes dedication and perseverance to learn the craft. To make the words on the page transport the reader to another place physically and emotionally.
It takes a lot to be a Master Writer.
I hope that all of you have a great weekend! I’ll be spending some of my time working with my new furniture and enjoying my new office. And I’ll get some writing done as well.
Master Writer
July 30, 2010 Read Comments
Have a great weekend! New furniture? Jealous. :)
Terrific analogy Karen! It’s so true – the heart comes through in whatever creative exercise we take part in.
Have a great weekend with your new furniture! :)
I’m new here so I didn’t know about your generous donation. How very sweet of you! And now to happily celebrate the new furniture! :)
Beautiful analogy as well. I love watching the Food Network and your comparison is ringing loud and clear as I would love to be able to cook like that but I’m one of those stumblers. I just can’t get it, so I have a lot of respect for those who do. Hopefully I’m a better writer than a cook!
Laura: Ha, believe me, it’s been YEARS in the making. Had a few snags. Had to send some furniture back and there was the uh, wall damage. Sigh. But oh well, the office furniture rocks!
Jemi: It was the first connection I got with those home cooks. They were so emotional and so passionate about cooking. It’s the same way we feel about writing!
Meadow: I love giving stuff away when I can. So many people have given me stuff so I just try to pay forward whenever I can.
Have a great weekend, ladies! :)
Those kind of shows always get me because they involve people who are desperately fighting to live their dream. Just like us! You’re right, it’s more than words on a page, so much more. It’s all about what you put into those words.
Great analogy about the show. I believe the writers who are passionate and persistent get further than those writers who think it’s all about getting printed, rather than having an artistic endeavor published.