I log into Blogger and at seeing a few new posts by my friends, I settle contentedly into my seat and soak in all the wonderful writing. And then that's it, I'm inspired. Reading good writing makes me want to write good reading.
It's been too long since I've written, and as I discussed with a dear friend the other day, you know something's wrong when you don't have time to extract all the craziness from your brain and make it into a semi-coherent post, note, journal entry, etc. Writing is a therapy, and when you don't take time for therapy, you rob yourself of a little bit of joy and peace that can be temporarily enjoyed by making friends with qwerty.
School's been crazy, but I love it. My mass media class is filled with arguments about Facebook, the dying breed of print newspapers, and how new media has replaced many facets of our lives (aka blogging/journal writing?). In child development we struggle with ethical decisions and discipline preferences: is spanking good or bad? My knowledge and reality class starts in 6 weeks, and til then I have lots of ASL interpreting classes to busy up my sched. I'm so excited to almost be done with the program, and to finally get to start interpreting, but at the same time I'm finger-shakin nervous!
I've been fighting a losing battle with the ever so frustrating FAFSA. I hardly remember how I finished it the first time, and doing it all over again makes me want to throw things and/or people off the side of a tall building, mainly, the "they" who make these forms so unfriendly.
And so concludes my long overdue therapy session. Boyfriend has just finished putting together a Fresh and Easy lunch for us. To quote him: "Now this really IS fresh and easy!" Boy's pretty observant... =)
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2 comments:
I love reading your good writing :)
Two things come to mind:
1. You might be interested in Peter Elbow's book called "Writing without Teachers." He hammers home the reality that the reason you don't write better than you do is that you don't just quit fretting and write.
2. There's a creative writing professor at Georgia State who is a novelist. She says that out of 300 pages written, maybe fifty wind up in a finished novel. If a successful writer throws out over 80% of her work, then we can expect to do the same.
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