Day 8

So incase you haven't noticed I am really behind in this daily writing thing... I could cheat and make it look as though I have been on it, although the posts magically all appear at the same time, with different dates... but I won't. So it makes me rethink my writing schedule. Is it adequate, does it allow for flexibility? Maybe that is the problem, I think I need more flexibility, when what I really need is structure. So how am I going to get that? Perhaps if I plan for "me" time both early in the morning as well as at night I can be certain to write during one or the other? I think my major problem with it is the fact that it is academic, a form of writing I do not enjoy and really avoid. I don't think it is so much because I dislike it, but more because I am not as good at it. before when I was in school I truly enjoyed the academic writing, I liked the research, making my own interpretations, and I felt I did them well. Now I feel I am so out of that habit of writing academically, I am not good at it, nor do I enjoy it. So how do I get to where I enjoy it? Perhaps start by finding a topic I enjoy? The more I think on this I think I am going to steal others ideas for writing on Harry Potter for a few reasons. Right now it is not something too personal I am dealing with, it is something I enjoy, and it is also something I feel I know very well. One professor I had suggested writing our thoughts first and then fill in with the research to expand. I think this road to writing could work in this manner for my project. SO here it goes...

Also I am going to try leaving myself time for writing in the morning as well as at night, so if I miss it in the morning I can make it up at night. That leaves me available for flexibility like cleaning up for a sick kid... and catching up on sleep.