Old Notebooks

I have a ton of old notebooks in which I wrote stories and articles over the years. Looking back over them some are timeless while others can be revamped. Some stories can be modernized and improved. I always wonder if it will be better?

One reason I ask this is because I was in a particular moment at a particular time in my life. I can never recreate the moment but I can take liberties and be creative. Isn't that what writing is all about? William Shakespeare's plays are timeless because they can be used in a modern setting. The 1962 movie West Side Story is a modern version of Romeo and Juliet. I enjoyed watching both.

Reading some of the stories I can see where and how much I changes. I had written poems very sparingly, but this past January decided to tackle thet genre full time. Words just folwed as I put my pen to paper. I look at a few of my stories and saw where I could put them in prose. It's amazing that I possessed this when I didn't think I could.

It's good to try another form of writing. I took up poetry because I felt that my stories were getting stale. Herman Melville, the author of Moby Dick and Typee, carved out a second career as a poet. Shakespeare was a playwright but he also wrote prose and sonnets. Many writers have done it and so can you. I will stimulate the creative juices and open up new avenues of creativity.