Just a pic mix of the early years, the good years.
Hello,
My name is Joseph Wade, and I served three years in that Pennsylvania Army National Guard and five years in Navy. In the following paragraphs you may read a little about me and this blog.
As a writer, I've been published in news, poetry, fiction and non fiction. The only writing I have not tried is the screenplay. I will one day. Currently, I'm enrolled at Brooklyn College for creative writing, but have also studied writing with Columbia, NYU, Harrisburg Area Community College, Warrior Writers and the Joiner Center while attending or facilitating various workshops.
Writing is my passion. I wake up thinking about it and I go to sleep thinking about it; my girlfriend is sick of hearing about writing as is my family, but I never tire of discussing it. I'm obsessed, and a certain professor who studied under Gordon Lish, told me that it takes obsession to become great at writing. I believe in him, and one day I hope to afford a life by writing in order to write more, thus the need for obsession.
Most of you don't plan on becoming a writer that pays the bills with it--that's fine--that's not what writing is for. Writing is about finding truth, sharing truth, healing, laughing, connecting, discovery--you name it. No matter what reason anyone writes for, most of us want to tell our stories the best we can and most of us want to be published if possible. My blog is for the purpose of sharing everything I learned in class and by experience that has helped me become a better writer, get published, win scholarships and fellowships, and get featured readings.
I really hope this helps. I'm not going pretend that this is a selfless act. Everything I regurgitate on this blog, I cement in my own mind. Also, I love talking about this stuff. Hope it helps.
Sincerely,
Joseph Wade
wadejoseph86@yahoo.com
PS. Good grammar is not the rule for good writing. We'll chat about that. In the meantime, here's a few cool links to check out.
Here are a few great writers that pissed off a few English teachers. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/22107
Hemingway gives some tips to Faulkner.
