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SNOWBALL
YOU HAVE SEEN IN CARTOONS WHERE A SNOWBALL ROLLS DOWN HILL AND GROWS BIGGER AND BIGGER IN SIZE UNTIL IT GETS BIGGER THEN ANYTHING ELSE AROUND. WELL THIS IS LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO MY STORY WRITING. AT FIRST I WROTE A STORY OR TWO AND THEN THE SNOW BALL STARTED ROLLING DOWN HILL. TWO LED TO FOUR AND FOUR LED TO EIGHT AND BEFORE I KNEW IT I WAS WRITING ANOTHER STORY EACH WEEK. I STARTED SENDING MY STORIES TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS BY EMAIL, THEY STARTED ASKING FOR MORE. WELL I HAD 70 YEARS OF MEMORIES TO DRAW ON FOR MATERIAL SO I KEPT WRITING. THE SNOW BALL KEPT GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER. NOW I HAVE 170 STORIES IN MY FILES. I’VE STARTED ASKING DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO CO-AUTHOR A STORY WITH ME AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL TAKE ME UP ON THAT REQUEST. THOSE STORIES ARE A LOT OF FUN TO DO BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THE OTHER PERSON IS GOING TO WRITE FOR YOU TO FOLLOW. IT KEEPS YOU ON YOUR TOES. I STARTED WRITING FICTIONAL STORIES ABOUT A BLACK LABRADOR DOG NAMED “BUCK” AND GOT A LOT OF FAVORABLE COMMENTS ON THESE STORIES. AFTER SEVERAL STORIES, I STARTED ASKING PEOPLE TO WRITE ME A “BUCK” STORY AND THEY DID. PEOPLE THAT HAD NEVER WRITTEN A STORY IN THEIR LIFE AND THEIR STORIES WERE GREAT. I NOW HAVE 61 “BUCK” STORIES IN A FILE I CALL THE “BUCK CHRONICLES” BY 25 DIFFERENT PEOPLE. OUT OF THESE 25 PEOPLE SOME LIVE IN SWEDEN, AUSTRALIA AND INDIA. OTHERS LIVE IN DIFFERENT STATES IN THE USA AND ONE LIVES IN CANADA, EACH STORY SHOWS US A LITTLE ABOUT THE PERSONALITY OF THE AUTHOR AND THEIR CULTURE. WE LEARNED MORE ABOUT EACH OTHER THIS WAY. SO THE SNOW BALL GETS BIGGER AND WE ALL GROW WITH IT. I DON’T KNOW WHERE IT WILL STOP BECAUSE I AM STILL WRITING STORIES. I HAVE TWO CO-AUTHOR STORIES GOING RIGHT NOW. IT KEEPS ME OFF THE STREETS AND OUT OF THE BEER JOINTS SO I GUESS WRITING HAS IT BENEFITS. I THINK MY NEXT STORY WILL BE ABOUT … BUT NO THAT’S A WHOLE NOTHER STORY FOR A DIFFERENT TIME. |
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Thanks to DYNAMIC DRIVE for the great rain
effect!