Okay, I’ve been feeling pretty bad over the last few days. Emotionally, that is. I blame my stupid Samurai Essay, which is finally done...
(Villagers come out and dance around a maypole, "Safety Dance," by Men Without Hats starts playing and the Heavens open up to reveal a choir of angels opening up to "You Can’t Always Get What You Want," by the Rolling Stones)
...Yeah, that’s how I feel.
(Villagers come out and dance around a maypole, "Safety Dance," by Men Without Hats starts playing and the Heavens open up to reveal a choir of angels opening up to "You Can’t Always Get What You Want," by the Rolling Stones)
...Yeah, that’s how I feel.
Anyway, before I felt all nice I was in a great deal of stress with this essay. I talked it over with my parents and it eventually lead to how I don’t like the position my life is in right know. My dad said that I shouldn’t worry about it and that I don’t need to know what my life will actually be until a few more years. Naturally, I told him I was going to be a writer. Dad replied to this by saying that I should do something else because writing is something that doesn’t pay well or something. Then he said that I should do it because I enjoy writing.
See, I’m not sure that I enjoy writing. I guess on some level I do, maily the bit were I get it done and I don’t have to worry about it anymore. I really need to think about this more.
See, I’m not sure that I enjoy writing. I guess on some level I do, maily the bit were I get it done and I don’t have to worry about it anymore. I really need to think about this more.
Anyway, yesterday I went to my Dad’s family Christmas Dinner. I got Napoleon Dynamite and Gattaca on DVD. That’s all.
Sorry to hear you've been feeling bad. And as to you saying you enjoy writing when you've finished whatever project you were working on, I understand completely. In most cases, that's how I feel as well. And it's for that reason that I've wondered many, many times about whether or not I should become a writer or not. If it helps you in your decision or not, what decided it for me is that story that I wrote and sent to you a few months ago. Honestly, I don't think that was a very good story, but I enjoyed writing it SO much. And also I'm currently working on what I hope will become a novel (it's hard to tell though with my work ethic...sometimes it's hard to find motivation to write, I'm sure you know what I mean) and despite the days when the last thing I feel like doing is writing, I'm thoroughly enjoying writing it as well. I guess the point to all my rambling here is to pose a question to you, not one that I want an answer to, but one that I think you should think about as you decide whether or not you truly enjoy writing is, With your writing is there ever a time when you enjoy the process of creating in addition to the finished product?
ReplyDeleteAlso, aside from this mini-lecture, I have something related to it that I'll post on my blog in the coming days probably.
Thank you Steph.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. I really like the writing bit. I find the descriptions a little hard, but I think I'm going to try my hand at graphic novelization. I don't have to worry about describing the physical characeristics of the characters, and I can add bits of prose when I feel like it. Anyway, I'm going to work on the first volume over the next few days, along with a new short story I started yesterday.
Again, thank you for your comment
Just stopped by to wish you happy holidays. Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, or whatever you plan on celebrating this season, to you and your family!
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