Tuesday, May 30, 2006

your writing update

end of month 1

june, july, and august to go.

a quarter of a short story down.

things are not coming along quickly. this is the part of the writing process where i realize i haven't worked on a project in two weeks. this is the part of the writing process where i don't want to go back to writing; where the bottom drops out, and suddenly i'm thinking this isn't something i can do.

a fog has descended onto my head, and i can't follow a single train of thought. i haven't felt this unfocused in a long time. a blog post even this short is tough to make.

so far: i am pretty unsatisfied with my performance.
so far: i suck at writing.

so far: i haven't figured out how to do this.

3 comments:

girish said...

Hey Phil--Just sent you a mesg. See you this weekend...

Anonymous said...

You can do it big bro! I have faith in you. Slight writing tip from one who for the last four/eight/twenty-two years has only written academically...that I hope may help, don't edit yourself when you write, just do it! then go back. probably novice, amateur at best...but i'm tryin' here!

p.s. you ever on AIM anymore? new screenname? where've you been?

phil said...

no, you are right...completely. i'm having some sort of mental blocking these days, i don't know why. well, i think i might know, but these things are hard to nip in the bud right away. at any rate, i should just be sitting down and writing whatever comes at the very least, you're right about that. its hard to make myself do though.

p.s., no, don't go on AIM much these days. it always seems to distract me at just the wrong time...i've been a bit anti-social lately.....even online. :( ah well.