I retired from my profession at 65. It was definitely time, as i was increasingly disgusted with the direction the profession was choosing. I was a librarian after being interrupted by raising 6 children. Books had always been my avocation. Now, retired, at home with an impaired husband, I found myself taking up pen and ink (actually, microsoft word) and began to do the thing I always wanted to do. I began to write. Whether or not I will be successful at it is still undecided. Since it is said that we do best with what we know, I chose historical fiction for the place to start and my own family for characters, setting and incidents. Literature worth reading should tell the truth even though encased in the imagination of the writer. I'm struggling to do that.
The beauty of choosing a second career that allows one to be a free agent is that you are under no pressure. If I succeed, well and good. If I do not, no one will fire me, excoriate me or make unreasonable demands. I may get some negative feedback, but it will have no teeth. It also does not require quite as extensive a resume'.
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like dress, write for your self - let what's there, come out.
and i noticed you commented on a 2 word challenge I did, saying there's a possibility your not imaginative enough to get the imagery of my poem, and i don't really like to explain my poetry because i'd rather people pick up another interpretation... i feel I'm misunderstood with this, but that is okay - with poetry we can tell stories within a few lines, it would be silly for every poem to be taken the way the poet wrote it, on first glance, every time.
So, I don't think you're lacking anything - if anything my imagery IS a bit bizarre... but thanks for your commment either way, and let ink flowwwwwwwww