I Should Write
Aug. 17th, 2007 02:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
julieandrewsI landed home home about a week ago. I haven't finished unpacking. There's a couple crits I should do. But at least I filled out the Clarion evaluation form finally!
I have new notebooks and pens. Including a new, fancy pen that a friend (E) gave me as a birthday present. I broke in one of the notebooks, but only by listing a few things that Karen gave us in one of those after dinner sessions. I put that on the first page so I could reference it later as I used the notebook. Now I need to actually use the notebook.
I do plan to get to the library at some point. I'm waiting for real inspiration for what type of books to go get while I'm there. I'm going to hang out there for a while, but I want a purpose for going too. I also need to be awake before noon to make it really worth the trip. Well, maybe not, but I got that idea stuck in my head. So, maybe Monday. Before I accidentally end up with a job and can't go!
I've been spending a lot of my time on the Harry Potter MUSH. We got a new influx of people with the latest movie and the last book coming out and it's fun to interact with all these new players and characters. A new school year at Hogwarts just started too. Plus I went and made a new character of my own. It's mostly active at night, so I could easily ignore it during the day and do actual productive things. So, I should do that.
Anyone looking for a new addiction can head over to the game's website.
I have new notebooks and pens. Including a new, fancy pen that a friend (E) gave me as a birthday present. I broke in one of the notebooks, but only by listing a few things that Karen gave us in one of those after dinner sessions. I put that on the first page so I could reference it later as I used the notebook. Now I need to actually use the notebook.
I do plan to get to the library at some point. I'm waiting for real inspiration for what type of books to go get while I'm there. I'm going to hang out there for a while, but I want a purpose for going too. I also need to be awake before noon to make it really worth the trip. Well, maybe not, but I got that idea stuck in my head. So, maybe Monday. Before I accidentally end up with a job and can't go!
I've been spending a lot of my time on the Harry Potter MUSH. We got a new influx of people with the latest movie and the last book coming out and it's fun to interact with all these new players and characters. A new school year at Hogwarts just started too. Plus I went and made a new character of my own. It's mostly active at night, so I could easily ignore it during the day and do actual productive things. So, I should do that.
Anyone looking for a new addiction can head over to the game's website.
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Date: 2007-08-18 03:06 pm (UTC)Use the journals, if you're a long-hander. Just write. Whatever. 3 long pages a day, every morning. Not tiny pages, but at least the equivalent of 8.5 x 11 and long-hand, since it appears you enjoy pens and paper. Write anything and everything and eventually ideas will flow onto that paper. You're not writing a story, you're doing stream of consciousness.
I made a mistake after Clarion, sort of. I putzed around, took a job, and didn't write for about 7 or 8 years after Clarion. I got some other things worked out in my life, but I wasted years not writing.
On the other hand, walk away from it and stop feeling guilty. If writing is meant to be a part of your life, it will eventually come back and reclaim its place.
Conflicting advice, yes. But I see you sitting on the fence right now in the post-Clarion letdown many alum experience.
Oz