I have discovered the most wonderful cure to writers apathy (no, not block. I'm not blocked, I'm apathetic). Procrastinate.
No, don't procrastinate on whatever you're writing. Procrastinate on everything else you have to do by writing instead. It actually makes writing so appealing that it comes easily rather than feeling like trudging through four feet of snow.
Of course, then I don't get that article summary and response done for my Zoology class tomorrow... Oh well. Such is life.
It feels great to be writing consistenly again. Especially since I just killed half of my wordcount a couple weeks ago. I'm making real progress again, and stuff is happening that I never expected would happen.
For one, my novel has themes. Yeah, I feel like a hardcore writer now.
It's really surprising, though. Since I wasn't planning on any of these themes when I first set out (three years ago...). It was just a story, I didn't know anything about plots and subplots and underlying meanings. But either my subconscious is more awesome than I thought, or I somehow inadvertently uncovered themes in the story. Either way, I'm loving this.
Just to think that my novel could have a real, resonating meaning rather than being just an entertaining story is fantastic. It makes me feel a lot more like a writer, and like I might accomplish something with this crazy writing thing that I'm doing. And they're good themes (in my opinion, at least) like self-sacrifice for the greater good, duty, and love (and not ooey gooey romance crap either, like honest legit love for another being whether romantic or not).
And I hit 11,000 words today. I'm feeling mighty pleased by that. I'm hoping to recover the lost words quickly, and hopefully be further along in the plot than I was at the same amount of words in the last draft.
Well that's all my rambling for today. I swear this blog entry was 74% better in my head. Oh well.
-Lauren-
P.S. VSQ and Endless Youtube make my writing life: http://www.endlessyoutube.com/watch?v=3limUX7Cw_s
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