Do you consider yourself a disciplined person and why?
Sweety - It depends on what area I am dealing with. For instance, in school I maintain a 4.0 gpa...but my bedroom may be a horrible mess. I can call on myself to be disciplined if the circumstances require it, but its not an inate quality, but one I have learned. GBU
Why Does Everyone Think They Can Write A Book?
Once again, this is not about killing dreams, or keeping people from writing. It's about the plain and simple fact that not everyone can get a book published. I may never get published, and I accept that. I will keep writing, however, and encourage others to do so, because writing is one of those great and wonderful things that anyone can attempt and that can help on so many levels. I realize that. What does irritate me is the cheapening of this art. Toni Morrison is an amazing writer; Stephenie Meyer is not, although they both have a decent education. Likewise, the book "Same Kind Of Different As Me" is an amazing text, written partially (BY HIM, not a ghostwriter) by a man who never finished high school, to my recollection. There are those cases, yes, the rare example has shown through. This does not change the fact that most people are not capable of doing it. Our society has become so intent on coddling people that no one wants to say it, plain and simple. That attitude hurts all