I want to write and I'm learning

I promised myself to write at least once a month in my two (barely) active blogs.

I just shared and posted my experience in getting a LEARNER'S LICENSE (for first time drivers) here in Florida.

I went here in my blogspot after I published the said article above in WordPress.

I tried to open some saved bookmarks to get an idea on what I can write about but I don't like them.

I opened a book entitled What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers but nothing caught my interest at the moment.

I bought the book after seeing it in a Thrift Shop knowing it would come in handy as a reference book even though I like writing non fiction more than fiction.

And then...

while typing the word license a question popped in my mind...

Can anyone just get the LICENSE to WRITE?

It is interesting to realized that driving and writing have similarities.

It is said that driving is not a right but a privilege with great responsibility.

And it can be withdrawn anytime you don't drive responsibly (i.e. driving under influence or texting while driving)

Now how about writing? Is it a right?or more like a privilege?

Anyone has the right to write (nice homonyms).

But isn't it a privilege to be read by some and of course by many?

Some write responsibly and some don't.

Everyone writes for different reasons, with different or similar goals.

With purpose (consciously or subconsciously).

Just like we drive to go somewhere...we write to tell..to show...to let the story flow and go somewhere.

Some people write to impress, to earn money, to persuade, to sell, and some write..mostly for themselves yet sharing it with the hope it can and will make sense to someone else.

And sometimes we drive and write to escape.

Just like we drive to go out of the house, we write to get thoughts out of our minds...of ourselves.

I remember reading, hearing, learning, and agreeing that everything seemed to be written already. All topics and stories (existing and non existing in real life but exist in the mind/imagination of someone) they said in a way had been written already and there are just some parts changed or just told/written differently by various authors.

Saw the article proving that researchers analyzed over 1700 novels and found out that every story in the world has one of these six basic plots?

Read the The Seven Basic Plots?

There are also those who are saying there are 9 basic plots. The only difference is how many they count but the point remains that they all fall to a finite number of plots.

Just as I only have a learner's license in driving, just like how I am learning to drive now...

I feel like I am eternally holding a learner's license in writing.

But learners can be teachers too.

Learners can share something important too.

And I'll end this post here even when I don't like using two too's and ending two sentences in the same word.

Cause imitating and repeating are not always as bad as they seem...at all.

Adult Literacy Services

As I am waiting for my working permit and other documents, I busied myself with my experimental cooking and other household chores. Depending on my mood, I read, write, watch online, bike etc. I didn't get bored for a while. I had always been a homebody and there are just so many books waiting to be read. Movies and Asian dramas to watch. But then I thought I can be more productive than my usual routine, to contribute in some way to my new community.

Last month, I started checking volunteer opportunities online near our current location in Central Florida. One of the links directed me to the Citrus County Libraries website.

I sent a message via their website and also sent an email to the contact person listed there. There are different kinds of volunteer opportunities but as a teacher, the Adult Literacy Program caught my interest.

I immediately received a reply and was given instructions to fill up the volunteer forms and register in the website's calendar for the New Tutor Training on April 11 & 12, 2019 starting from 9 AM- 3:30 PM at Lakes Region Library in Inverness, Florida.

I was so excited and was literally counting the days. Praying we don't need to get down to Miami for my husband's job on the week of the training. Answered prayer. Yes!

I enjoyed the interactive discussions I had with Julie, Helen and Rowena in our two days training facilitated by Susan, April and Cherie.

I hope that adults who needed help in their reading comprehension, getting their high school diploma and those who want to learn or practice their English will know about this program.

This program is open to anyone and it is FREE. The services under this program are mostly one on one tutoring but there are also classes for those who enjoy learning with a group.

The only thing needed to start is the willingness to learn.

These are the locations of libraries here in Citrus County.

If anyone read this and know someone, please tell them.

To those who are also interested to know more like me, you can visit these websites:
Florida Literacy Coalition
ProLiteracy
LDA
NCES
Literacy Action
VALF

My Road in Writing

Whenever I write I don't know how to begin but then I just start. At first, it seems like I am now decided on what I will write about but then I will most likely end up somewhere else, something different from what I originally planned. It feels like my mind is a drop of water traveling in a road, I passed in a bridge and fell in a raging river. It feels like I know where I'm going but the river will lead me to somewhere else. However, I can say that I still enjoy the ride and always thankful that I end up on something better than what I expected when I started my trip. Most of the time, the ending just felt right more than the beginning.