I came across a new theme possibility for Tuesday - ye old 10 minute timed writing. Just write for 10 minutes. I should be able to do that. But here I sit, fretting it because I just KNOW as soon as I get started Smallest will wake up. She's been napping for a little over 3.5 hours. It's just a matter of time now. But if I don't start this now I will never get around to it. (I need to write my Yarn Along post for tomorrow still and I should make some headway on that tonight or it will take over too much of my morning tomorrow and that always sets us up for a bad morning. And by us I mean me, I spend too much time sitting at the computer and everything else just dissolves into chaos. So writing the night before is the best bet.)
Anyway, she's still not up but I'm thinking I should go put more chicken into the soup for dinner. It's pink chicken and rice soup. I should add some frozen veggies too. Are you wondering why pink soup? I put in a beet when making my broth :) I love beets. And pink soup might just interest the boys enough to get them to eat it. Soup tends to be a hit or miss supper 'round these parts. I hope I get to eat some, Baby Girl will probably be waking up right around the time it's ready.
Oh well, there's still the challenge of writing for 10 minutes. What is there to write about? This is just the kind of assignment that would have made me sick to my stomach in school - the anxiety of figuring out what to write would have been overwhelming. I've been thinking of ideas since yesterday. The $15 nail clippers I bought yesterday? The stink bug that just managed to get in through the closed porch door? I better keep an eye on that till the timer goes off and get.it.out.of.here!
Blasted, I'm wandering off again. But there goes the timer! I finished! Will I publish it? Will I get that bug out of here? Will I get to eat supper without a screaming baby? Who knows. Time to go get rid of a bug!
Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Best part of writing?
Blogher is having a National Blog Posting Month and giving daily writing prompts to help bloggers improve their craft. Umm, that craft would be blogging in this instance. Not my usual fiber craftiness. I have enough in that department that my eyes are bigger than my stomach for. Or should I say my plans are bigger than my needles?
Anyway. Today's prompt is: what is the best part of writing?
Geez, really? Is there a best part? I used to do whatever I could to get out of writing. I remember a number of trips to lay down in the nurse's office after recess, which happened to be our creative writing or free writing time, during one less than pleasant school year. I don't really remember, I was only about 9 so I might have only pulled that a couple times. But I remember that the thought of writing made me that anxious that I had to get out of there. I always hated thinking about other people reading what I wrote. I never joined the school newspaper because the stress of having people, like the whole school and them some, reading my articles was enough to get my heart racing. My only relief when I was guilted into submitting an article was that at least it was just two paragraphs about a JV volleyball match. I mean, how many people were really going to read that?
And just look at me now! Here I am, writing several days a week, knowing that what I put out there is actually read by other people. And I'm enjoying it :) So what's changed? Well, for one thing not having to write about volleyball helps. Not that I dislike the sport, it's actually one I don't mind playing. But that I'm writing about the stuff that interests me and is relevant to my life (even if I might not enjoy it.) I like showing off a little - accomplishments, cute kids, nice projects, pretty pictures, anything like that. And telling stories, some stories just beg to be told and there are always those stories that I'm telling you cannot be made up, they are just too crazy to not be true. We haven't had too many of those lately but I'm guessing now that I said that we'll be due for a few.
But the best part I think is the feedback. Getting comments either made here or are told to me means the world to me. That encouragement is for me the best part of writing :)
Anyway. Today's prompt is: what is the best part of writing?
Geez, really? Is there a best part? I used to do whatever I could to get out of writing. I remember a number of trips to lay down in the nurse's office after recess, which happened to be our creative writing or free writing time, during one less than pleasant school year. I don't really remember, I was only about 9 so I might have only pulled that a couple times. But I remember that the thought of writing made me that anxious that I had to get out of there. I always hated thinking about other people reading what I wrote. I never joined the school newspaper because the stress of having people, like the whole school and them some, reading my articles was enough to get my heart racing. My only relief when I was guilted into submitting an article was that at least it was just two paragraphs about a JV volleyball match. I mean, how many people were really going to read that?
And just look at me now! Here I am, writing several days a week, knowing that what I put out there is actually read by other people. And I'm enjoying it :) So what's changed? Well, for one thing not having to write about volleyball helps. Not that I dislike the sport, it's actually one I don't mind playing. But that I'm writing about the stuff that interests me and is relevant to my life (even if I might not enjoy it.) I like showing off a little - accomplishments, cute kids, nice projects, pretty pictures, anything like that. And telling stories, some stories just beg to be told and there are always those stories that I'm telling you cannot be made up, they are just too crazy to not be true. We haven't had too many of those lately but I'm guessing now that I said that we'll be due for a few.
But the best part I think is the feedback. Getting comments either made here or are told to me means the world to me. That encouragement is for me the best part of writing :)
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