The thrill of written words
November 8th 2006 10:18
There's some people that get it, and some people that don't. The people that don't just can't understand the people who do. The people who do can't understand the people that don't. What is it? It's the thrill you get from the written word.
I have it. Chances are most of the people in Orble do, too. If not, why are you here. Go and find something you enjoy doing.
So what is it that makes the written word so fascinating to some people? Why do some people love to read and others don't?
I think part of it is just how we are wired. One of my sons loves to read. He'll sit there for ages with a book. If I buy him a book I need to wait until I get home to give it to him, or he'll start looking at on the way. The other one isn't too interested. However, he can't read yet. Maybe it will develop later on.
Part of it is also the way we are brought up. My mother was a librarian and I was surrounded by books at an early age. She also kept lots of her own books from her childhood and these were passed on to me and my sister. I was shown that books were fun, interesting and entertaining. I saw books as valuable things that could lead you into another world.
I have my reading preferences, but when you have that thrill of the written word, you will read anything. Good writing is obviously better to read than poor writing. But anything written has the power to capture you and hold you. I feel sorry for the people who do not have that.
I have it. Chances are most of the people in Orble do, too. If not, why are you here. Go and find something you enjoy doing.
So what is it that makes the written word so fascinating to some people? Why do some people love to read and others don't?
I think part of it is just how we are wired. One of my sons loves to read. He'll sit there for ages with a book. If I buy him a book I need to wait until I get home to give it to him, or he'll start looking at on the way. The other one isn't too interested. However, he can't read yet. Maybe it will develop later on.
Part of it is also the way we are brought up. My mother was a librarian and I was surrounded by books at an early age. She also kept lots of her own books from her childhood and these were passed on to me and my sister. I was shown that books were fun, interesting and entertaining. I saw books as valuable things that could lead you into another world.
I have my reading preferences, but when you have that thrill of the written word, you will read anything. Good writing is obviously better to read than poor writing. But anything written has the power to capture you and hold you. I feel sorry for the people who do not have that.
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Comment by K.L. Almeroth
Motherhood
To Margaret,
I know...I think writers are obsessed with words! We have to be!
I love what you wrote - The Thrill of written words...the thrill of writing.
Why else do we torture ourselves if it weren't for the thrill??
K.L.
Comment by historylass
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Thanks for your message. But my name isn't Margaret! I don't know where you got that from. And I agree with you that writers have to be obsessed with words. You spend so much time with them you have to have more than a fondness for them.
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Comment by Johanna
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I love writing and am obsessed by words too. I guess that comes with being a writer. I used to sit in Englash classes at school as we tore apart a poem or passage from a novel and wonder if the writer really did choose each word as carefully as my teacher was telling us. As a writer I now realise the answer is yes because I do it every day.
Comment by Ash
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Isn`t is great that we are fortunate to be cursed with this burning desire to string together all these little letters into something that brings such joy to people? We are surrounded by words and speak them everyday and as Johanna says, their choice takes much deliberation at times - finding that one word can make such a difference to the way something is read.
Great post!
Ash
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Why dosen't he read?
My youngest didn't read. She didn't seem to care.
I embarked on finding a book she would read.
Her school had a program where if you read a number of books your name went on a list. Five books, ten books and so on. Of course the higher the number of books the fewer names.
The list got up to something like thirty books with a couple of names on the list.
The last list was for 120 books and had my daughters name on it.
I had found that my daughter loves fantasy when I introduced her to Terry Pratchett. Her teacher was horrified that I would give such a book to a child of her age.
The point being that if you can find what the child will read, is that not better than a child that will not read within his/her age bracket. See Bill run. Run Bill run. may be what someone thinks is appropriate for your child's age.
Reading is a joy, find out what brings joy to your child.
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