Anticipation

I suppose it is a good sign that I am considering what writing project I should tackle next, despite the fact that I haven’t quite finished the current project. Or despite the fact that I am likely to go and bite off waaay more than I can chew next time.

The funny thing is, I’ve actually enjoyed working on these articles. The blogging article especially. (I still don’t know if I’m ‘allowed’ to post it pre-conference, I might ask after I submit and see what they say. I haven’t spotted any copyright statements or anything like that.) Sure, I’ve been moaning and whinging and carrying on a fair bit about how awful the process is.. how difficult to get the words out… boo hoo hoo woe is me… But the sense of achievement is quite wonderful.

If you’d said to me, this time last year, that writing could be enjoyable, fun even, I would have politely disagreed with you (and privately thought you were nuts). The whole Writing Every Morning thing has really changed how I view writing, I think. It’s no longer a terrifying chore. I still procrastinate at times (habits of a lifetime take a while to break), but this will hopefully change the more I write. And there’s a lot to be said about writing about a topic you are very interested in (The Blog). I’m just thinking about other writing assignments I’ve had in the past. They were usually quite literally assignments – essays and such for coursework – and even if I got to choose a topic I had some interest in, I could never see such writing as writing for writing’s sake, it was always just a chore. Blogging has really changed how I view writing.

Article number 2 is still unfinished at this stage, but I am spending Friday at home where hopefully I will be able to just sit and write and get it done.

And then M and I will be having two weeks’ off! And there shall be much debauchery and indulgence and frolics! w00t!!!!1

Categories: writing, holiday, hoo-ha