Wow, it's been a long time since I wrote on this blog. There is a good reason though. Nothing is really going on in my life. I started my new job and it is as challenging and rewarding as I knew it would be, (my coworkers are kind of amazing) but, otherwise, nothing is new. My husband is still teaching math. All of our friends, it seems, are pregnant or have newborns. We are/do not. The dogs are good. Our families are doing well. Nothing has changed.
I thought I would take this time to share a secret. I LOVE to write: Poetry, short stories, blogs (obviously). Anything I can. I enjoy it almost as much as I enjoy reading. I took a creative writing class in high school and truly fell in love. It was taught by a sweet lady who also taught my senior English class. Some of my classmates are probably reading this and remembering her as "the project queen", but she really helped me to change how I viewed the world. (especially since I was with her for a full 3 hours a day). Now I am trying to start writing again, and, eventually, I want to write a novel, (who doesn't?) but I never know where to start. Actually, that isn't even true. I have a million ideas where to start, the problem is finishing.
You see, this teacher, who helped me fall in love with writing, always told me to just start writing, but the problem is I can't keep writing once I start. I don't know if this is my OCD or my need to be perfect, but I always get in my own way. I start analyzing after two or three pages and can't stop. Unfortunately, this is not conducive to writing anything of a substantial length.
It is really frustrating because I feel like I am a pretty good writer. (which is probably why I like it) I have never been athletic (I once heard someone compare someone with my "skills" as having "the hand eye coordination of a dinosaur") and I have NO artistic talent at all. (I am so jealous of my friends and my sister, Kimberly, who are blessed with this.) Writing really is a great way for me to relax and have a creative outlet.
So now I pose a question to you. What do I do about it? How do I stop myself from critiquing everything that I write? I'm not planning on selling a million novels and movie rights, but I would really like to get back to what I love. It would just be for me and the few people with whom I choose to share it, but I have no idea what to do.
I figure that some of you who read this won't have any ideas and some of you won't care. I'm okay with this. I'm just hoping that a few of you have been in this spot and have some ideas.
Something to think about until next time. <3
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