Week/Class 7 - Kendra

Judging by these posts and the emails, I missed quite a productive and fun class on Friday. The simple explanation to said missing class is exhaustion. I don't think I've felt any more uncomfortable, angry, frustrated, or nervous than I did last week surrounding all the events of the past two weeks, and as I type this I'm currently trying to ignore this anxiety-related issue that started after school-related problems.

Fun times in the health department.

Onto the prompt for this [past] week's blog:

My strategy for writing is overall backed by not forcing inspiration. We've talked a lot about what inspires and motivates us to write, and while I presented a list of examples, those are items that naturally bring about ideas, and I think that's an important distinction to make. I feel like I spend time thinking about what inspires me in terms of "What'll force me to write something" and I don't acknowledge the things that really inspire me without that pressure. Last week's blog was my acknowledgement and a part of the moment when I made that distinction, and I'm glad of it.

As for "physical" strategies:

• I play out scenes in my head, and sometimes I write them down, sometimes I don't and instead speak them aloud. 
• I like sitting alone when I write, or at least sitting with people who have no idea what I'm doing. It gets me out of the mindset of having to write for an audience instead of for myself.
• I like to eat. Refueling my body keeps my brain going and keeps me focused on writing instead of my stomach. And I eat while I'm sitting at my computer (I always clean my hands before touching my keyboard though, of course). I could take a break away from the laptop but...nah.

I'm nervous but looking forward to workshop this Friday. I was almost going to write what I'd like people to focus on but that's not helpful for either you or me. And I was almost going to start writing things here too but again, not helpful.

Happy reading! Let's go with that :)