Point Taken

Part of this post is about feedback so, first, to the 2-3 people who take time to read my posts...HI! And thank you. It's nice to hear feedback. One friend recently pointed out that my last few posts have been deviating from the my other posts and have been more emotional and just a little crazed. (My words, not my friends). So, to return to my initial goal: create a blog that shares with others what I learn about writing. I've been putting pressure on myself lately to write every day and that pressure has actually been driving me crazy. I mean, I feel like I'm standing too close to everything and that I'm writing without a purpose. It won't be fun to write a ton of stuff for Guardians and then to have to delete large chunks because nothing ended up fitting. So it's time to return to my roots. When I first started writing Guardians two years ago (wow) I didn't do a lot of writing. I diagrammed, outlined, and just generally brainstormed. It wasn't formal outlining (though I did some of that) but rather me writing of bunch of plot ideas that quite frequently had a question mark after it. A few days ago I returned to that notebook. It was amazing to read whole passages that never made it into the first draft of Guardians as well as sentences that were in it verbatim. Looking at the notebook helped me to return to my roots and start to brainstorm for the first part of Guardians as well as develop later plot points. More than rejuvenating me though, the experience helped me realize how far I've come and how much I have learned since I started this process. This blog is proof :)