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Jun 02
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I have recently started writing a regular blog for Beside The Seaside (See http://www.besidetheseaholidays.com/blog/) and taking research from my BA Hons degree dissertation on The British Seaside I am writing a regular article to drum up support for a revival in all things from the sea. From Punch and Judy shows on the sands to that holiday feeling one gets when walking around the colourful seaside resorts. As a result of this blog I have had various compliments on my writing style and am building up quite a wide reader base. I have been considering making my 10,000 word dissertation into a book for a while now however, have never had the confidence to even begin thinking about a project of that magnitude! But after some wonderful comments I am beginning to grow as a writer and my confidence is flourishing. This is directly influencing all of my creative processes and the huge task of getting published now seems not quite as daunting as once thought.
My mind has been full to the brim of jewelry design ideas, writing ideas and blogging thoughts and this morning I got thinking about a particular comment from a regular reader who kindly said “You have a wonderful writing style Laura”. For years I have been trained in the fine arts, in particular painting and contemporary ceramics and have never studied English literature except during my GCSE school days. However, after many years of student life those days seem somewhat hazy. I was therefore both surprised and puzzled by this compliment, what is my writing style? Or more to the point what are writing styles? Until now I only knew of fiction and nonfiction writing but after punching the words into Google I quickly found the fairly recent genre of creative nonfiction…
I am by no means one to stereotype people and constrain myself to a certain box because that would, of course, dampen my creativity and restrict inspiration but after considering writing my book and approaching a few publishers this writing style seemed to pop out at me almost immediately. I say it is fairly recent in terms of being scrutinized by the critics the same as fiction and poetry but ultimately, the primary goal of the creative nonfiction writer is to communicate information just like a reporter, but to shape it in a way that it reads like fiction. This could include personal essays, memoirs, travel and food writing, biographies and/or literary journalism. Therefore, in the future if anyone asks what type of book I am writing I will say “a creative nonfiction about the British seaside”.
I am hoping to turn my knowledge of history and the seaside alongside personal experiences and family stories into a book. I will write about my great Grandfathers fishing boat that was lost at sea in 1957 with all of the crew members and want to use accounts from newspapers and my grandparents (his daughter) to make it a moving yet educational read about all things by the British coastline. I have the research and background knowledge and just need to get my pen and paper out and begin writing. Yes, I know what you are thinking… Pen and paper?! I much prefer actually feeling what I am writing and write outside most of the time so I guess the first thing I need to do it buy the biggest note book I can find and try to fill it with my passions and ramblings. I can only prey that someone likes it and wants to turn it into a book.
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