So...I haven't done ANY writing this entire summer, and I don't have any excuse. I haven't even done any writing for this blog. Currently, I've bought Animal Crossing: New Leaf, and it's been consuming my life at the moment.
My challenge is forcing myself to write now that I have the time, and it's a challenge that I have often found even at school. Now that it's summer, and now that I have a deadline, I don't really have a choice. It's not that I don't have anything to write. I don't have writer's block. I simply just don't WANT to write. However, as my mother used to say: there are things in life that you HAVE to do, but don't necessarily WANT to do.
...Well, I do want to write. After all, I want to be an author someday. I love writing, I really do. It's just so tempting not to do it when I don't have to. Must be my inner-kid.
In the beginning, I was re-reading the Harry Potter Series--I'm currently on The Prisoner of Azkaban--and for a while, I was sucked into Rowling's world once more (again, not an excuse). I was hoping that by reading the books, I'd be influenced by her writing style. I have, but unfortunately I wasn't writing.
Now that I have written this blog-post, I am determined to start-up the writing and get this book finished! I have the plot outlined (roughly completed), so really...I have no excuse. Aside from my internship with Blank Slate Press, my work with the author, and tutoring a student, I actually have a lot of time.
Hm...maybe I should start posting bits and pieces on here, just for the heck of it. It will not only get me writing, but I could (potentially) get feedback from all of you! I would post stuff that not only pertains to this book, but other future projects--such as the one I plan on writing for my Fiction Writing Course this fall.
I think that's what I'm going to do.
