5 Truths of Getting Lost in A Good Book
What's the big hoopla about reading?
It was a few months ago where I looked at myself in the mirror {figuratively, of course} and told myself that I loved books, that I loved to read books.
For all of my college years, the only books I really read were text books; and the last two years of college, the only books I read were those confined to the beautiful genre of nursing school. Even my high school years were not filled with mounds of pleasure reading.
So it was on that day, a few months ago, I decided to lie to myself that I loved to read.
I mean, I guess I wasn't really lying to myself; I just had always preferred reading over writing that I never really thought reading was divertido.
But the more time I spent on pinterest trying to find inspiration for my own writing, the more articles I read about being a good author, and in being a good author, one must read more than their fair share of books.
Whether you are a inherently born writer, or just a reader trying to open up the wings of your mind, I have found {at least} five truths of getting lost in a book.
5. Getting lost can be freeing
It's an art, you could say, getting lost that is. It is in those moments where you put your problems and issues and worries to the side and focus on something that is not of you. When you truly get lost in a well-written and emotion-pulling book, your problems fade away, and soon your problems become those problems of the main character.
Just as a good Samaritan gets lost within the act of helping others and a good friend gets lost within the act of listening, reading allows an individual a similar {but slightly more selfish} version of losing one self.
Sometimes getting lost is just what you need.
4. It makes for good Y O U time
Throughout nursing school, us nursing students were always told {more like warned} to make sure we take time for ourselves; that is we do not, we will turn into insane individuals and go crazy. Just like staying at home on a day off can make you stir crazy, so can solely focusing on one task. For instance, writer's block not only attacks me when I haven't written in a long while, but also when I try to sit down and write for days on end.
Jumping in a hot bubbly bath with a balsam-scented candle and a thick unread book makes for some good Y O U time.
{The only sucky part is if you decide to do this on a night you are placed on call, and every ten minutes you check your phone hoping you can luck out}
3. It is a good distraction
I read this "blogging for authors" type article one time; the question was asked if all true authors should have a blog and post regularly. In this article, there was a sentence that resonated with me; I was like this is 100% me.
It said that blogging is such a good distraction from actually writing; from sitting down and opening your college-ruled spiral notebook and actually focusing on this world you have created.
Blogging relaxes the author-brain, while still working out the writing-muscles.
Reading, just like blogging, is a wonderful distractions for us inborn authors; however, it relaxes the writing-muscles while working out the author-brain, while conjuring up some inspiration here and there.
And if you aren't a writer, reading in general is just a good distraction. It's like watching a movie {except better}.
2. It opens your eyes
I recently read one book which, just to state it plainly, made me completely livid.
The book was written wonderfully, at least in my standards; the story line was believable in its dystopian fashion and there were no incongruities {both of which are two of my greatest writing-pet peeves}.
What made you livid? you may ask.
It was what was actually happening within the book that made me mad. The author found a topic which I turned out to be very passionate about; she wasn't taking sides in any sense, just telling a story which so happened to light a fire in my soul.
And that is the kind of writer I want to be.
It is amazing to me that words in a fiction tale can cause me to be so passionately emotional.
1. It makes you a better writer
My overall goal that truly may not resonate with you.
I set out on this reading journey with my main mindset that of becoming a better writer.
I thought that just practicing my writing was all I needed to improve; but even athletes need coaching to get better at what they do.
Reading allows one to enter into the creative mind of another; not everyone thinks the same, and your creative rationales for a specific dystopian novel may suck compared to what the actual author came up with. It's working that creative-flex, that inspiration-minded author-brain.
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I've found that the Goodreads app has helped me continue my read-more reading goal. You can search books, add them to you wish-to-read list, add them to you currently-reading list, add them to you already-read list and write reviews on the books you have read. You can set reading goals and keep track of how many books you have completed.
Yes, I am totally a geek.
It was a few months ago where I looked at myself in the mirror {figuratively, of course} and told myself that I loved books, that I loved to read books.
For all of my college years, the only books I really read were text books; and the last two years of college, the only books I read were those confined to the beautiful genre of nursing school. Even my high school years were not filled with mounds of pleasure reading.
So it was on that day, a few months ago, I decided to lie to myself that I loved to read.
I mean, I guess I wasn't really lying to myself; I just had always preferred reading over writing that I never really thought reading was divertido.
But the more time I spent on pinterest trying to find inspiration for my own writing, the more articles I read about being a good author, and in being a good author, one must read more than their fair share of books.
Whether you are a inherently born writer, or just a reader trying to open up the wings of your mind, I have found {at least} five truths of getting lost in a book.
5. Getting lost can be freeing
It's an art, you could say, getting lost that is. It is in those moments where you put your problems and issues and worries to the side and focus on something that is not of you. When you truly get lost in a well-written and emotion-pulling book, your problems fade away, and soon your problems become those problems of the main character.
Just as a good Samaritan gets lost within the act of helping others and a good friend gets lost within the act of listening, reading allows an individual a similar {but slightly more selfish} version of losing one self.
Sometimes getting lost is just what you need.
4. It makes for good Y O U time
Throughout nursing school, us nursing students were always told {more like warned} to make sure we take time for ourselves; that is we do not, we will turn into insane individuals and go crazy. Just like staying at home on a day off can make you stir crazy, so can solely focusing on one task. For instance, writer's block not only attacks me when I haven't written in a long while, but also when I try to sit down and write for days on end.
Jumping in a hot bubbly bath with a balsam-scented candle and a thick unread book makes for some good Y O U time.
{The only sucky part is if you decide to do this on a night you are placed on call, and every ten minutes you check your phone hoping you can luck out}
3. It is a good distraction
I read this "blogging for authors" type article one time; the question was asked if all true authors should have a blog and post regularly. In this article, there was a sentence that resonated with me; I was like this is 100% me.
It said that blogging is such a good distraction from actually writing; from sitting down and opening your college-ruled spiral notebook and actually focusing on this world you have created.
Blogging relaxes the author-brain, while still working out the writing-muscles.
Reading, just like blogging, is a wonderful distractions for us inborn authors; however, it relaxes the writing-muscles while working out the author-brain, while conjuring up some inspiration here and there.
And if you aren't a writer, reading in general is just a good distraction. It's like watching a movie {except better}.
2. It opens your eyes
I recently read one book which, just to state it plainly, made me completely livid.
The book was written wonderfully, at least in my standards; the story line was believable in its dystopian fashion and there were no incongruities {both of which are two of my greatest writing-pet peeves}.
What made you livid? you may ask.
It was what was actually happening within the book that made me mad. The author found a topic which I turned out to be very passionate about; she wasn't taking sides in any sense, just telling a story which so happened to light a fire in my soul.
And that is the kind of writer I want to be.
It is amazing to me that words in a fiction tale can cause me to be so passionately emotional.
1. It makes you a better writer
My overall goal that truly may not resonate with you.
I set out on this reading journey with my main mindset that of becoming a better writer.
I thought that just practicing my writing was all I needed to improve; but even athletes need coaching to get better at what they do.
Reading allows one to enter into the creative mind of another; not everyone thinks the same, and your creative rationales for a specific dystopian novel may suck compared to what the actual author came up with. It's working that creative-flex, that inspiration-minded author-brain.
*
I've found that the Goodreads app has helped me continue my read-more reading goal. You can search books, add them to you wish-to-read list, add them to you currently-reading list, add them to you already-read list and write reviews on the books you have read. You can set reading goals and keep track of how many books you have completed.
Yes, I am totally a geek.
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