Upswing
Well, I'm not sure if it's the meds or if I'm just in an "upswing" lately, but I have been feeling better. I'm excited for Halloween tomorrow (even though my attempts at a costume have been less than stellar) and for November the day after that. This semester has flown by and it's getting harder and harder to realize that I'm going to be GRADUATING in only about a month and a half. I just gotta hold on until then, right?
This weekend was an exercise in having the desire to write and it just. Not. Working. I had a 3,000-4,000 word short story due for my class last Thursday and I ended up asking for an extension because it was just simply not going to happen. And then over the weekend when I tried to get it written, it continued to just. Not. Happen. So finally I threw up my hands and said "OKAY FINE" and pulled out a story that I had started to write a while back that already had about 2,000 words done. And that has been going MUCH better. I'm of the firm belief that writing is like digging a well - oftentimes you have to dig through a lot of crap to get to the good stuff, but it really helps to be digging in the right spot. And people say writing isn't hard.
I also realized that I'm going to be turning twenty-five in eleven days. Where the hell does the time go?
This weekend was an exercise in having the desire to write and it just. Not. Working. I had a 3,000-4,000 word short story due for my class last Thursday and I ended up asking for an extension because it was just simply not going to happen. And then over the weekend when I tried to get it written, it continued to just. Not. Happen. So finally I threw up my hands and said "OKAY FINE" and pulled out a story that I had started to write a while back that already had about 2,000 words done. And that has been going MUCH better. I'm of the firm belief that writing is like digging a well - oftentimes you have to dig through a lot of crap to get to the good stuff, but it really helps to be digging in the right spot. And people say writing isn't hard.
I also realized that I'm going to be turning twenty-five in eleven days. Where the hell does the time go?