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June 20, 2016
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By Linda Wilson
Hobby? Job? Pastime? What is writing to you? Most writers say when asked
that they've been writing FOR-R-EVER. Stories in grade school. Or
keeping a diary/journal. In my early childhood, I recorded everything
that happened to me in my diaries, perhaps displaying the first hints of
a natural-born reporter. Later during my years as an elementary
teacher, a fellow teacher once told me she started out as a newspaper
reporter. All starry-eyed, wishing I'd done the same, I said, why in the
world did you quit and become a teacher? She said, "I like to eat."
Career Hints can Start Early
A woman I once interviewed for an article told me that astute observers
can identify a child's interests and talents as early as four years old.
At four, asking people questions came naturally to her son. So she went
out and bought him a toy microphone. Unleashed was a blossoming
reporter, who carried his microphone with him everywhere, asking people,
"What do you do?" and, "Do you have a
favorite pet?"
When it came time for college she offered to help pay for it, but she
struck out. He wasn't interested. What he did do was put himself through
broadcasting school and upon completion, got a job as a disc jockey.
Later, he went on to become a popular sportscaster. He told her he loved
his career so much that he wanted to be buried with his microphone (a
real one this time). She concluded the interview by saying, all this
because I recognized his interest early-on, and directed him toward it
during his early, most informative years.
No matter what interests young children have, if writing doesn't come
naturally as it does for some of us, learning how to write then, becomes
an essential tool. During parent-teacher conferences, my advice to
parents of eight-to-twelve year olds was to encourage their children to
write, draw or take photos for the school newspaper (naturally,
encouraging reading was a given). Children who have a keen interest can
be directed to publishing stories, articles and artwork in publications
like Stone Soup, a magazine that is written by and for kids; and publications listed with The Children's Book Guild, which offers resources on how-to and where-to publish children's work, and includes such publications as Highlights for Children and Cicada,
a magazine in the Cricket group. Really keen students can shoot for the
top: become editor of their school newspaper, as Stephen King so
successfully did.
A note about reading: When my children were in elementary school, I observed a classmate's mother carry around a reading resource, such as The New York Times Parent's Guide to the Best Books for Children,
by Eden Ross Lipson; with the books she made available to her children
to read checked off, one-by-one. It was an impressive way to supplement
what her children were reading in school with her own choices of good
literature.
Seeking the "Creative Life"
Elizabeth Gilbert, in her book Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, writes . . .
To read the full article, please go to:
http://www.writersonthemove.com/2016/01/when-writing-is-not-career.html
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