jimagain

Jimagain' is on the loose.

...confusing dialogue, dangling participles, convoluted thinking, inane and profuse verbiage!

My grammar is minimal, deplorable, maybe even criminal, but I'm more concerned about what I say than how I say it. Content is my main pursuit when I write... Maybe I should be charged with something like, 'assault with a deadly adjective'.

I don't know anyone less qualified to write about writing...than me!

So why try?

It all starts with a lofty idea and grandiose aspirations. You're seeing interviews and book tours floating in your head...so you rush to jot down a few notes, then after a lot of effort and countless rewrites, when you can't stand to type another letter..the masterpiece is finished!

I gaze admiringly at my creation! Then, delusions of literary grandeur fade to frustration. That's about the time I realize it's a piece of crap...but it's my crap. I wrote that crap!

Sigh! If only I had talent!

Hey, if you think I can't write, you should hear me sing!

-jimagain!

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Delusions of a wanna-be writer!

I had conjured up imaginary scenes of me cranking out literary masterpieces at home while my dog lay sprawled across the floor.

Reality: Cletus, my neurotic Great Dane, is standing on the desk in the way whenever I attempt to write. He thinks my full-time job is to doting on him! Did I mention I can't write? That's ok. He can't type!

Think you can't stand any more?



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Jim Henderson is currently employed as a draftsman and had previously worked in the field of environmental regulatory compliance. He enjoys writing and has had several articles published in various on-line publications, none of which are really any good.