Writing is like…

Ok, so in this class, Dr. Kynci lets me be honest. I know this from my experience in her last class. My answer will come as no surprise to her, but it might to some of you. Writing is like doing dishes. No matter how often you do the dishes, every time you go into the kitchen there are more in the sink or on the counter. Someone was thirsty or needed a snack. The truth is sometimes I let the dishes pile up all day and only do them once at night. Unfortunately, I think I approach my writing the same way.

 It is beginning to appear to me, that where writing is concerned, sometimes it does not matter how much I try to get a head start; it just keeps piling up until the end of the unit. Then, I have to spend all weekend trying to catch up. I am beginning to think that I cannot write until I am sleep deprived. Right now, I am not sleep deprived; the result is this is as far as I get before I run out of things to say. Two whole paragraphs (woo wee). Oh thank God, I went back and looked she has additional questions for me to answer. How do I get the words on paper? Blink, blink, blink, I am now staring at a cursor.

I suppose I have to connect in some way, I have to have some emotional connection to the subject. Now do not get stuck on the word emotional, I don’t mean it has to make me laugh, cry, get angry, or make me feel euphoric, I just need a reason to write. Usually I read until I find a quote or passage that evokes some response from me. You should see my papers I always have a ton of references. I am a non-traditional student. That is part of the problem.

 I do not remember the rules for writing from when I was a teenager. Therefore, when someone says the word “writing” my mind suddenly goes blank, and I do not have a thing to say, except “I’ve got to have something to say.” “What, what am I going to say?”