Make Yourself Sit Down & Write | Challenging Myself
I've always loved writing. It's without a doubt one of the two most stable hobbies of mine - the other being riding. Let's take a second to appreciate how similar those two sounds despite looking completely different on screen. I've been writing since I was a little girl and telling stories in a lot of different ways.
However, once I got my very own computer for at age 14, I fell in love with writing. It's pretty surreal to think that I didn't properly start reading fiction until I was nearly 11 and now I devour books like it's a second nature. I still find it incredible to think that I, and any other person who writes, can make stories come alive with just words printed on a page or displayed on a screen. I've always felt compelled by the blank pages that I know I can pour words and life into.
I write I want to read and what I need to share. That's always been my very first starting point. I'll get an idea spark and I'll make me want to rush to my computer and start working on bringing the characters, events and opinions to life. I want to sit down at my computer and bleed and express myself through writing. I never know for sure what I'll write once I sit down but I just follow whatever comes naturally.
I'm good at starting stories, but unfortunately I often struggle with finding a good ending, or even an ending at all. An ending suggests finality and letting go of fictional characters that become dear to my heart has always been difficult for me, whether it was my characters or characters in the books I read.
Saying I'm good at starting stories might be a stretch actually... I am fairly good at it but too often will I get an idea I want to work on but I don't make time for it or muster up the motivation to grab my computer and just start. Because as much as I love writing, it's hard, painful and crippling as well. I'll get a sore back, head aches, forget appointments, ignore friends and family but it's worth it because I'm content and happy when I'm writing.
I feel at peace with myself when it's just me, my computer and all the thoughts in my head. Writing is my safe space.
So, onto the reason behind this blog posts after getting sidetracked by a million things and feeling like I need to in-depth explain my love for writing. I write and write and write, almost endlessly it would seem - when I actually sit down to do it. But as mentioned above, I don't fucking make myself sit down with the intention to write often enough.
I'll conjure up some lame excuse to myself as "I'm tired", "I don't know the story is going next", "I don't feel like it right now", "I need to be in a creative headspace or it won't be good and then what's the point?" and frankly, I'm tired of my own excuses. So for the next 50 days - ending on my 22nd birthday - I'll make myself sit down every single goddamn day and write something.
I'm not saying I'll have to bang out 20 pages each day but at the very least make sure I sit down at the computer and write a couple of paragraphs. The more you practice something, the better you get at it. I want to be better at writing, so I'll make sure to write more and also begin to write things that's daunting for me. Maybe what I write will be crap I'll have to delete the following day but that's not the point of this.
I'm happier when I'm writing, so I'll shelf my perfectionistic tendencies for a while and just write whatever I want. It surely won't be perfect but that's okay because you might have to make a hundred bad drafts before you make the final product.
For a little over a month I vow to write - blog posts, novel chapters, short stories, one shots, dabbles, rambles, lists and anything else I want. As long as it's words I put down, it's approved. Let's see how I do, shall we?
However, once I got my very own computer for at age 14, I fell in love with writing. It's pretty surreal to think that I didn't properly start reading fiction until I was nearly 11 and now I devour books like it's a second nature. I still find it incredible to think that I, and any other person who writes, can make stories come alive with just words printed on a page or displayed on a screen. I've always felt compelled by the blank pages that I know I can pour words and life into.
From Pinterest - I love this quote because it explains why writing makes you lose sense of time and place
I write I want to read and what I need to share. That's always been my very first starting point. I'll get an idea spark and I'll make me want to rush to my computer and start working on bringing the characters, events and opinions to life. I want to sit down at my computer and bleed and express myself through writing. I never know for sure what I'll write once I sit down but I just follow whatever comes naturally.
I'm good at starting stories, but unfortunately I often struggle with finding a good ending, or even an ending at all. An ending suggests finality and letting go of fictional characters that become dear to my heart has always been difficult for me, whether it was my characters or characters in the books I read.
Saying I'm good at starting stories might be a stretch actually... I am fairly good at it but too often will I get an idea I want to work on but I don't make time for it or muster up the motivation to grab my computer and just start. Because as much as I love writing, it's hard, painful and crippling as well. I'll get a sore back, head aches, forget appointments, ignore friends and family but it's worth it because I'm content and happy when I'm writing.
I feel at peace with myself when it's just me, my computer and all the thoughts in my head. Writing is my safe space.
By a Girl who Loves to Write aka Me
So, onto the reason behind this blog posts after getting sidetracked by a million things and feeling like I need to in-depth explain my love for writing. I write and write and write, almost endlessly it would seem - when I actually sit down to do it. But as mentioned above, I don't fucking make myself sit down with the intention to write often enough.
I'll conjure up some lame excuse to myself as "I'm tired", "I don't know the story is going next", "I don't feel like it right now", "I need to be in a creative headspace or it won't be good and then what's the point?" and frankly, I'm tired of my own excuses. So for the next 50 days - ending on my 22nd birthday - I'll make myself sit down every single goddamn day and write something.
I'm not saying I'll have to bang out 20 pages each day but at the very least make sure I sit down at the computer and write a couple of paragraphs. The more you practice something, the better you get at it. I want to be better at writing, so I'll make sure to write more and also begin to write things that's daunting for me. Maybe what I write will be crap I'll have to delete the following day but that's not the point of this.
I'm happier when I'm writing, so I'll shelf my perfectionistic tendencies for a while and just write whatever I want. It surely won't be perfect but that's okay because you might have to make a hundred bad drafts before you make the final product.
For a little over a month I vow to write - blog posts, novel chapters, short stories, one shots, dabbles, rambles, lists and anything else I want. As long as it's words I put down, it's approved. Let's see how I do, shall we?
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