Another Personal Thread

Well it’s been over a month, yet again since I have posted. To recap from my last post, I presented with the help of my friend help the first section of my book to the group I belong to. It went over ok, it’s still pretty rough but there is one thing I learned from the presentation of the story, once you feel that the story is good read it out loud, it may sound good in your head but reading it out loud finds the flaws. The feedback the group gave me was wonderful it gave me hope. They said it has potential so I am happy; I spent the next week making some big modifications to the first section. As of now the first section of chapter one is complete, I am now working on the second section of the chapter.

In the past I used to get upset with my favorite authors. I used to think come on how hard can it be to write a book? Even if this book I am writing never gets published this alone will make me respect how are it is to write a good story/book.

On another note, I have come to a realization that at 32 years of age I want to return to school. As of this fall I will be attending Boise State University. Currently I am a non degree seeking student, my plan is to take the writing classes I want and get back into the swing of things. From here this will give me the foundation I need to go back and work on my bachelor’s degree in computer science. I really enjoy writing software but I know there is more to writing software than just Microsoft products, I know that the software development field is a lot bigger than just what I am doing. So by going back to school this will open up so many more doors that are currently closed to me.

~ by Chris on June 12, 2008.