I think that is is fair to say I really sucked at blogging last year, hard to explain, but the mojo just upped and left and that was a bad thing.
Having said that I've been writing quite a lot since september for my OU course, it is just that it hasn't really been visible to any one but those I've been brave enough to share my work with.
I love writing, I feel that when I reach that zone, I can come up with stuff that entertains and is interesting. Time as ever is the enemy, I never seem to have enough of it or I seem unable to settle. I need self discipline and I know from experience I need this in all areas of my life.
So what do I need to do to counter this? Control, that is what I need and I'm taking control of myself this year and giving myself a bit of a talking to on one level and then setting myself reasonable boundaries and rules to help me make the most out of this life I've been given.
I may blog more about that at some point but I feel it's important for me to get into my head what I'm doing first and then share later if I feel that is is appropriate.
I've just submitted my short story to the OU for marking and I'm pleased with it, having never written any science fiction before I wanted to write something that felt honest and authentic, I don't think it's perfect but I do think that it is reasonable if not without flaws.
I hope that my tutor enjoys it, I felt like I've had a rough trot of late with the OU but I'm tenacious and I don't go down that easy.
The next unit is poetry and I have some reservations about the methods that the Big Red Book is suggesting but I'm swallowing the grump and giving it a go.
good luck with poetry. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks I used to write a lot of poetry when I was a teenager, think god-awfull why does the world hate me poetry so it will be interesting to see what I can come up with this time.
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