Well it's been a very busy week for me. I didn't think I had that much going on, but this week has just flown by, so I must have found something to do!! I started a new story on top of the two I was already writing, which may or may not have been a mistake since now when I sit down to write, I don't know what to start with. But I had some good ideas the other day, and I've found the best place for me to write and be inspired is not my room, like I thought, but the SURC, or Student Union and Recreation Center. It is always busy and full of people and when I am stuck, I can just watch the people walking around doing whatever it is they are doing, and some scene or line of dialogue will pop into my head and I connect it to the story and I am no longer stuck.
This technique has worked fairly well so far. Now I just need to find more time to write. I only have two classes a day, with lunch between them, and I only work 3-4 days out of the week, and I never do homework. With a schedule like that, you'd think I would have tons of time to write. Unfortunately though, I haven't found a single minute to write this week yet. I'm thinking I need to plan at least an hour a day, at the same time every day, to write. And give it the same importance as a class, so I don't just brush it aside and do something else instead. If only I worked the same time every day- that would be a lot easier.
Either way though, as someone once told me, you aren't a writer if you don't actually write. So this is going to be my goal for the week: write down everything I do during the day, and find a time when I can write without pushing other things aside, and schedule that as my writing time every day. I have a huge calendar, so when I find this hour or two, I will write it in so it has to happen. Weekends have relatively more freedom, so I should plan more than an hour on those days (though not necessarily consecutive).
That being said, and this being a Saturday.... I am going to go devote some time to writing!!
"Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Hellen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson and Albert Einstein."
- H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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Sorry I missed you earlier - I always turn my computer on right when I wake up but I don't usually actually return to it until I say hi to the family, get breakfast, etc. Silly Skype!
ReplyDeleteEeek! I'm so excited you found a place that works for you and inspires you! And the idea of setting aside time to write every day is a really good one, provided you're not over ambitious. :)
And um, that whole you're not a writer if you don't write thing.. was that me? :) Because I know I've said that to someone before.... (hehe)
And I absolutely love love love love LOVE that quote - what an inspiration!