Writing Words

So lately I have been amazed and astounded by the capacity of words and my lack of writing ability. Now I can write in the first person my own thoughts and experiences, but the ability to write a story that is coherent and becomes a full tale from beginning to end has escaped me since forever. I remember doing writing assignments in High school and younger. I never fully understood them, or was able to create a fully individual imaginative concept to write about.

I'm not saying I lack imagination, I have done art and such forever. But the ability to write a story requires more than imagination. It requires an ability to put the words and pictures in your head onto paper. To not over describe or under-describe a situation, but to put the write amount of thoughts and words so that the reader becomes part of the moment, part of the scene, part of the story. That is a talent I have lacked forever. Maybe it's not a lack of talent... maybe I need to practice this skill... but like all skills if you fail to have the initial idea and initial talent, it's hard to build on nothing.

I feel that maybe in some ways I need to increase my vocabulary. Maybe I am lacking in the words department. Maybe that has been what has impeded my ability to write anything more than a blog or a series of thoughts. So I have adopted a word today. I know that sounds funny, but the oxford dictionary has put out a site to get people to use more words. Words that are slowly becoming extinct in the English language. I have adopted Medioxumate... it's an adjective describing gods of intermediate rank... they had an example of a sentence "Don't worry about these lower-ranking medioxumate deities - they're probably only responsible for making crickets chirp." LOL... Wanna know something funny though. My spell check keeps trying to correct the word into mediocrity LOL... I guess they have the same route, but seriously.

So go adopt a word, if you do let me know what it is, maybe I'll become a better writer with the more words I know. http://www.savethewords.org/ Can't hurt to try!