A bit disappointed with myself last night as didn't achieve all that I planned, but today is a new day so we'll see what happens. That's the trouble with me, I beat myself up if I don't feel I've done enough. I spent the evening looking through past copies of the local paper for ideas for column articles. Not much jumped out particularly, but already have a few ideas, just need to make something out of them, get a few pieces prepared for future columns. I did something constructive, just not completely what I wanted, but I have no deadlines for my own stories so not sure why I always feel so guilty! Nothing will come if I force it too much and I need to take a step back and remember that now and again. Just get things down as I think of them and make sense out of it all afterwards!
I've spent the last few weeks (during lunch breaks) reading a creative writing guide, but now I think I need to spend the time putting what I've learnt into practice and just get writing! Apart from my blog, which I do on a daily basis during the week, and the first column piece, I haven't really written much lately. I've done a bit of my latest story, but not as much as I would have liked, and can't remember the last time I wrote a poem. The ideas keep coming, but I have yet to sort through and create anything with them. Time to stop make excuses and WRITE!
Life gets in the way, with work and hobbies (choir in particular), but I'm attempting to try and keep things balanced so I get enough time (even if its only a short amount) to get everything done that I want, but have to realise, that sometimes there are just not enough hours in the day!
' Don't make nothing of what you've achieved'
'Keep putting words on the page'- Anne Enright
' You can make anything by writing'- CS Lewis
No comments:
Post a Comment