I created this blog about a week ago and have only got to posting on it now. It's not that I have lacked the time but rather the inspiration. It was there a little while ago but then it just sort of fizzled out. For months I was writing short stories and posting regularly on a different blog but then I somehow lost whatever it was that was driving me. For the past couple of weeks, I have been trying to get back whatever it was that kept me writing with such fervour.
With the resolution to get my groove back at the top of my mind, I dug up all of my Writer's Digest magazines and Googled all of the short story websites that I could. I read article after story after article. After some time, I sat down to write a story and found myself giving up almost right away. I couldn't figure out what vermin had crawled into my head and sucked out my God-given will to write.
For a couple of days, I did everything I could to avoid thinking of writing. I didn't even pick up a pen.
Then, this morning I was driving to school early to get some work done before class. It was as I was in my driving daze that I realized I hadn't done the one thing every writing school/instructor/website tells you to do when in a rut - WRITE! I realized that I had thought about writing and planned on writing but hadn't actually written anything down. I was so concerned about not creating an instant masterpiece that I didn't write anything at all. I forgot how many revisions it takes to make a good story (however I'm sure there are some out there who can pen out a masterpiece in a matter of hours.)
So with my mission in mind, I hurried into the school and popped open my laptop and have been typing furiously ever since. I don't even recall how I started this post, just that I have finished it feeling a little bit better about myself.
With the resolution to get my groove back at the top of my mind, I dug up all of my Writer's Digest magazines and Googled all of the short story websites that I could. I read article after story after article. After some time, I sat down to write a story and found myself giving up almost right away. I couldn't figure out what vermin had crawled into my head and sucked out my God-given will to write.
For a couple of days, I did everything I could to avoid thinking of writing. I didn't even pick up a pen.
Then, this morning I was driving to school early to get some work done before class. It was as I was in my driving daze that I realized I hadn't done the one thing every writing school/instructor/website tells you to do when in a rut - WRITE! I realized that I had thought about writing and planned on writing but hadn't actually written anything down. I was so concerned about not creating an instant masterpiece that I didn't write anything at all. I forgot how many revisions it takes to make a good story (however I'm sure there are some out there who can pen out a masterpiece in a matter of hours.)
So with my mission in mind, I hurried into the school and popped open my laptop and have been typing furiously ever since. I don't even recall how I started this post, just that I have finished it feeling a little bit better about myself.
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