Back when I was in college, I'd put on Pandora, set it to either Kanye West or The Strokes, grab a coffee and I'd be able to write for hours on end. I could get through features for the Knight, research papers, poems, creative nonfiction, whatever, as long as I had my music.
I've lost track of how many times I've given myself that exact set-up in my post-grad life... but the result has almost always been a severe case of writers' block. I can't quite peg the block on any one factor, but I'm almost positive that a good portion of it comes from not having a deadline. I wasn't a slacker in college, but I ALWAYS put off assignments until the last possible second -- I had it down to a science; I could tell you exactly how long it would take me to write a page in prose or research and I'd calculate how much time I needed before the finished product had to be in the professor's inbox. Even my thesis was written that way... I remember dozing until SNL the weekend after I graduated (why they let me graduate before actually turning in my thesis is beyond me. I went to a weird school, okay?), then the second the Goodnights music started, I opened Word and cranked the entire thing out in one sitting.
That being said... I'm setting deadlines for myself with this blog. I need to get back into the process of actually writing.
During the week, if an idea for a blog post hits, I'll go with it and see where it takes me. I still have those moments of inspiration sometimes, and now that autumn is (finally) just about here, I know I'll find myself at Tim Horton's at odd hours of the night.
But, on Sundays, since they're really my only day sort of to myself, I'm going to write a post. My deadline will be whenever I go to bed, so odds are they'll actually be posted early Monday morning since my Sundays are always fueled by coffee in insane amounts, but whatever. Maybe (hopefully) someday, I'll have enough of a ~following~ here that there will be people who give me topics to write about. That'd be nice. I'm not usually much of an idea person, which is probably where this problem really comes from in the first place. Until then, though, my posts might take on more of a recap-y feel than what they have been thus far, which will probably just encourage anyone reading this to actually give me prompts because my life is really boring and believe me, you do not want to read post after post about how much time I spent playing Pokemon after work. Speaking of, I just beat the Galactic Grunts in the electric building and it took EVERYTHING OUT OF ME.
Anyway...
If you actually read this post (and have been reading), please, please let me know. I want this blog to actually become something. My writing has touched people in the past, and it's one of the best feelings I've ever experienced. I want that again. If there's anything you ever want me to write about, tell me. I'm just about positive I have it set up so that you don't have to be a blogspot member to leave a comment here. And... it's nice knowing that I'm not just throwing these words out there to nothing.
(I'm not sure if I'm counting this as my post for today or not. I feel like it doesn't count, so... there may be another post coming later tonight. Get excited)
You can do it.
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