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Life of a Writer Mom Column July 2002 Column The Five W's Revisited All of us who are writers or journalists are well-versed from the early days in the basics of the five W's. Who, What, Where, When and Why are drilled into our psyche and comes dripping out of our pens. Since becoming a parent who writes from home however, the five W's have taken on a whole new meaning. Especially in the past month, I have begun to see those five basic questions in a new light. It began when I returned to the living room after putting several clean towels away in the bathroom. My three year old, Matthew, was standing proudly in front of the computer saying, "I fixed it Mom!" My first thought was WHO was going to be able to unfix what he had just fixed. Then again, I reasoned, as I sat down at the computer, how bad could it be, I was only gone for a minute. I tried to sign on to the Internet only to discover my e-mail was not accessible. "O.K." I muttered to myself, "WHAT happened to my e-mail?" I informed my three year old, who was giving me his very best baby of the family smile, that this is why it was not a good idea to play with the computer without an adult or his big sister with him. "Now my e-mail is lost," I tried to patiently explain. "Well, WHERE did it go?" he replied sweetly. Every writing parent worth their weight in words knows when to call the tech people, in my case Earthlink. Now I give these people credit. Not once WHEN I, a techno-phobe, has had to call for help and worse yet has had to explain the usually downright bizarre circumstances that have led to me calling them, not once have I ever heard a snicker or a giggle from these people. Although I know what their probably thinking, not once have I heard them mutter to the person next to them, "You wouldn't believe this one!" And for that I thank them. In the end the e-mail was fixed. And all was well again. So WHY do I do this to myself? It's all part of the writing from home adventure. And after all, there's that wonderful winning smile of his, one of the three smiles that light up my work day constantly. Nope, I think as I sit down to work, I wouldn't change my personal five W's for all the e-mail in China. Carla Charter is mom to Samantha (11), Halden (4), and Mathew (3). In addition to being a mom, Carla is a freelance writer specializing in newspaper and magazine journalism. Among her publication credits are Woman's World, American Indian Report and New England Business Journal. Online she has been published in Scubasource.com and Military.com. She teaches creative writing courses at Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner, Ma. Recently her novel Across Lots has been serialized at http://www.newenglandwow.com. She may be reached at cjfreelancewriter@earthlink.net. |
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