Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Get Words on Paper, Fight Resistance

I want to write for 15 minutes, twice a day.  Once in the morning when I wake up.  Once in the evening before I go to bed.  I want to see the alertness of my mind through my morning work and the sleepiness of my mind through my evening work.  Maybe my alertness will cause me to be picky and a perfectionist of the words I write, thus writing in a more conservative manner, while my sleepiness will break down the filter in my head, allowing me to write about whatever comes to mind. 

Since I am writing in the morning and evening, I assume that I will be in my room for most of my writing, but I do also want to change up my location every once awhile.  While I like consistency, I do like change every once in a while.

To write, I will simply use my poetry notebook and my dark blue or purple pen.  I will use my phone to find images to describe and use headphones to listen to music. 

Staying in a secluded area will limit my distractions, yet I know that my greatest distraction is myself.  I hope to combat this by listening to music without words, mostly piano, but some flute.  Maybe I will go the movie soundtrack route?  Maybe the music will influence my writing. 


I will attempt to follow this, but who knows what the next week will hold.  My goal is to write and get my thoughts on paper.  My goal is to fight resistance.  A wise person once said, "Sometimes we get writer's block, because we set our standards too high."  Another humble soul once said, "Most of what I write, like most of what I say in casual conversation, will not amount to much...I am not writing for others."  


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