Kevin drives like a maniac on his way to poetry readings.

So the other night we went to a poetry reading, and it was my first time being in the Vertigo Voices building because all last year I had work every night that there was a reading. I wasn't sure what to expect because I usually find reading poetry to be boring unless I find the poem particularly nice and interesting to read. I think it's entirely different when you have someone read their own poems especially when that person isn't shy and has no stage fright. And it also helps that that person is funny and calls out things from their own work and doesn't seem to be embarrassed (or is just good at hiding it). Anyways, I actually really enjoyed going to this reading, and I was inspired by the performer to write more of my own, although fiction instead of poetry (sorry Kevin). I think I actually would have bought one of her books if I'd brought money, and that's saying something because I never buy poetry books, unless they're required in the syllabus. I can't think of many specific things to say because it's been a few days since we went, but I do know that I thought it was fun and not boring and I liked her explanations for why she wrote certain things. And I think the most useful thing to me was what she said about working with her editors and how they worked with her instead of telling her what to write and what to change. I actually want to be a writer, and I've been waiting until I'm finished at the college before I do the final edit of some of my manuscripts before I try and get them published because I wanna see what I can learn to make them better and I was worried that they'd make me change my stories completely. And I know what everyone is going to say "there's no money in writing" and my answer is that I'm not doing it for money I'm doing it because I like my stories and I want to share them and see if other people like them too. And if I make money, then that's great, if I don't then I'll be happy as long as one person likes what I've written. I can't even explain how much this reader inspired me to write more, especially the 1000 words a days for a month idea. I think I'll try something like that but maybe not 1000 a day. I have too much homework right now. But back to the main point, I really enjoyed the reading and I'd like to read more of her work.