Discussion of "I Write, Therefore I Am" by JD_Renaissance

It's funny, but as I read this I was thinking about how polar opposite this seemed to be from the way that I think and write. And yet I find the entire piece so incredibly engaging and endearing. This was absolutely fascinating to read. I'll be going back tonight over a bunch of your stories and reading them with new eyes.

Thank you and Hurray! I would love to read what you have to say about some of my earlier work on this site.

When I was little, my best friend and I would always play princesses - but the princesses had to be heroes and able to escape from vast enclosures (we scaled the brick walls of the porch because stairs were too easy). I thought all princess stories had to be dangerous to be fun.

That all changed one day when I met the daughter of my (now ex)boyfriend. In her princess land, princesses wore fancy slippers and walked everywhere (???? yikes!!!) because they wouldn't want to get their fancy dresses dirty and the queen constantly arranged for the princess' wedding and corrination. It was dreadful!

Kudos to you and your adventuring Barbie. Horray for Toyland Wars which wipe out the stairs and require actual skills to get from one level of the home to the next. If my world is ever destroyed, I'd love to live in yours.

Yay - a fellow adventuress! It is so nice to know I wasn't the only one who played these kind of adventure. Oof... fancy slippers and coronations. If it were me, I'd have imagined the coronation only so I could stop the bad guys from crashing it. :)

I have two nieces - still too young to incorporate much into their playtime as far as stories go. But you can bet when they reach an age where they can imagine along with me, we'll be up in trees, scaling brick walls (thanks for the idea), escaping dungeons in the basement, and battling evil pirates in the back yard. My brother is going to kill me. Teehee.

You are more than welcome to join me in my own little world anytime. I should warn you though, they aren't too happy with me there right now. Last time, they tried to assassinate me. :)

What an honest and heartfelt post, JD. Thank you for the glimpse into your world. I'm richer for having read it.

Thank you so much, Djinndarme. I read in another post you were contemplating adding another chapter to this storyline. I would love to read it if you do. :)

That's my childhood all over! Wow. Loved reading it with all the colorful and descriptive words. I love to write. I love to read other people's writing. This looks to be a very wonderful site.

Thank you Kendlebaby27 and welcome to the site!

JD! I think we must be long lost twins. I can't tell you how often my dialogue in stories gets acted out in front of a mirror before it goes on paper. I wonder if the good head doctors of the world have a name for that psychosis;)

My barbies got mohawks and badly drawn sharpie tattoos though…

I have a twin! Hurray! I mean... yay... for not being the only one to play-act stories. :)

Now that I'm older and supposed to be an adult - yeah, I know, not going there - I find I play-act more dialogue and action sequences than anything. One of the reasons I took martial arts classes was so I would know what the heck I was doing while fighting imaginary enemies.

In all honesty, though many might find it weird, play-acting is a great tool. Granted, I don't do it in front of the mirror anymore - stupid 30lbs - but I don't think I could write what I write without it. When I am my characters, I see what they see, feel what they feel. Many details and ideas would be lost otherwise. It also gives me a way to check whether something is plausible or not. If I'm stuck and don't know how to finish a scene, I can get into the minds of any of my characters, figure out what they would do in the situations I put them into.

Okay, now I sound like a total nut. (No offence to any other nuts out there of course.)

LOL - yes, I have often wondered how crazy people would think me if they saw me partially acting out scenes... So nice to know there are others like me out there!

I really enjoyed reading this! I, too, had Barbies tied up by pirates, chasing down bad guys, and things like that. Barbie ain't no wuss! lol. Thanks for sharing a peek into your world - it was a great read.

Acting out in front of a mirror? Wow..never even occurred to me! But, now that it's been mentioned, what a great way to see how it all will look to the reader!

Ummmm, don't think I could ever do that...but, a great method, all the same, for those that do it..lol.

Fabulous insight into your writing mind, JD. Thanks for sharing!

Wow. This really hit close to home for me. I can remember creating story lines on my elementary school playground and getting most of my schoolmates to partake in some crazy game that involved those story lines. Thanks for writing this jd, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I suspect I'll have to write a "why I write" chapter