How Much Longer Do I Have To Do This....
You know how people always say that you should write everyday? Some people say to write this many words or pages each day, or they'll just tell you write for at least an hour or so everyday. Why? Because the more your write, the more you'll get into it. Practice makes perfect and when it comes to writing, you definitely need practice.
Writing is hard work. The spelling, the grammar, the characters, the plot, the setting, the development of it all...it's a real pain. So what's the best way to get better at writing? You need to write a lot. That, and novels usually take the long time to write, so the more you write, the faster your novel will be finished...it'll be crap, but it'll be finished regardless.
Anyway, people say to write everyday. This is to get your creative juices flowing through your fingers and to wake up your muse. A lot of people use every excuse in the book as to why they don't write everyday...like me. Most people (like me) say that they don't have time to write everyday.
Me for example...I'm 18-years-old, a full-time student, a part-time teacher's assistant, part-time babysitter, and I also have a life completed with friends, a boyfriend, and attempting to help my mother clean the house. I am still trying to get my drivers license, that's how little time I have.
I tell people that I have so much to do and not enough time. Well, that's true for everybody. However, there are some days when I sit down and watch TV and say to myself, "I should really be doing something productive right now." ...So I continue to sit and watch TV. I understand that there are some times when you just need to sit back and relax, but I don't roll that way. I mean, I do, but I hate it.
I made a New Year's resolution to write at least 500 words a day for this whole year. Right now, I'm behind...way behind. I have written a little bit, but I'm technically supposed to be at 5000 words right now and I am no where near that at the moment. I thought that I might try writing at least one page a day...that will be at least 500 words everyday. Probably more. But then I think to myself that I don't have time to write a whole page everyday. There will be sometimes where I can write for hours and hours and then the next few weeks I write absolutely nothing. But of course...I have been writing one blog post everyday. So far, anyway. So, I think to myself, "If I can write a blog post everyday, then why can't I write at least one page of a story everyday?" I have finished four books, so one would think that I would be able to sit my rear down and focus on one certain thing. But if you think about it...when I wrote those books I worked at a children's birthday party place. My hours were little to nothing and the schedule changed every week. My hours were so all over the place, that I was able to make things work. This is my schedule now:
Sunday: Church 10 AM - 11 AM
Monday: School 7 AM - 12 PM; Work 2 PM - 6 PM
Tuesday: Babysitting (that's up in the air at the moment...if not, then I have Tuesdays free)
Wednesday: School 7 AM - 12 PM; Work 2 PM - 6 PM
Thursday: Work 1 PM - 6 PM
Friday: Work 1 PM - 6 PM
Saturday: Usually free
You're probably thinking, "You can easily write Sunday afternoons, Monday nights, (possibly) all day Tuesday, Wednesday nights, Thursday mornings and nights, Friday mornings and nights, and (mostly) all day Saturday." Yeah, I thought that, too...except I have a house to keep up with (to help my mom out), friends and a boyfriend to hang out with, homework on the side, and babysitting can actually be any night. If I had no life, then I would be able to write just like you said, but unfortunately I do have a life.
However, I don't care. I am going to try to start writing at least one page of something every single day. And lately I've been writing my first drafts single spaced...this is because I want to complete it and be surprised at how long it is when I put it as double spaced...yeah, I'm weird, I know. Anyway, I'll probably write these pages single spaced...I'll get more done each day that way. So, tomorrow is Tuesday. I'm going to get up early, get done whatever is needed to get done, write (at least one page and then a blog post), go to work, and then hang out with my boyfriend (Tuesday nights are usually spent with him).
Meanwhile, all you people out there should be making the same effort as I am! Happy writing. :)
You know how people always say that you should write everyday? Some people say to write this many words or pages each day, or they'll just tell you write for at least an hour or so everyday. Why? Because the more your write, the more you'll get into it. Practice makes perfect and when it comes to writing, you definitely need practice.
Writing is hard work. The spelling, the grammar, the characters, the plot, the setting, the development of it all...it's a real pain. So what's the best way to get better at writing? You need to write a lot. That, and novels usually take the long time to write, so the more you write, the faster your novel will be finished...it'll be crap, but it'll be finished regardless.
Anyway, people say to write everyday. This is to get your creative juices flowing through your fingers and to wake up your muse. A lot of people use every excuse in the book as to why they don't write everyday...like me. Most people (like me) say that they don't have time to write everyday.
Me for example...I'm 18-years-old, a full-time student, a part-time teacher's assistant, part-time babysitter, and I also have a life completed with friends, a boyfriend, and attempting to help my mother clean the house. I am still trying to get my drivers license, that's how little time I have.
I tell people that I have so much to do and not enough time. Well, that's true for everybody. However, there are some days when I sit down and watch TV and say to myself, "I should really be doing something productive right now." ...So I continue to sit and watch TV. I understand that there are some times when you just need to sit back and relax, but I don't roll that way. I mean, I do, but I hate it.
I made a New Year's resolution to write at least 500 words a day for this whole year. Right now, I'm behind...way behind. I have written a little bit, but I'm technically supposed to be at 5000 words right now and I am no where near that at the moment. I thought that I might try writing at least one page a day...that will be at least 500 words everyday. Probably more. But then I think to myself that I don't have time to write a whole page everyday. There will be sometimes where I can write for hours and hours and then the next few weeks I write absolutely nothing. But of course...I have been writing one blog post everyday. So far, anyway. So, I think to myself, "If I can write a blog post everyday, then why can't I write at least one page of a story everyday?" I have finished four books, so one would think that I would be able to sit my rear down and focus on one certain thing. But if you think about it...when I wrote those books I worked at a children's birthday party place. My hours were little to nothing and the schedule changed every week. My hours were so all over the place, that I was able to make things work. This is my schedule now:
Sunday: Church 10 AM - 11 AM
Monday: School 7 AM - 12 PM; Work 2 PM - 6 PM
Tuesday: Babysitting (that's up in the air at the moment...if not, then I have Tuesdays free)
Wednesday: School 7 AM - 12 PM; Work 2 PM - 6 PM
Thursday: Work 1 PM - 6 PM
Friday: Work 1 PM - 6 PM
Saturday: Usually free
You're probably thinking, "You can easily write Sunday afternoons, Monday nights, (possibly) all day Tuesday, Wednesday nights, Thursday mornings and nights, Friday mornings and nights, and (mostly) all day Saturday." Yeah, I thought that, too...except I have a house to keep up with (to help my mom out), friends and a boyfriend to hang out with, homework on the side, and babysitting can actually be any night. If I had no life, then I would be able to write just like you said, but unfortunately I do have a life.
However, I don't care. I am going to try to start writing at least one page of something every single day. And lately I've been writing my first drafts single spaced...this is because I want to complete it and be surprised at how long it is when I put it as double spaced...yeah, I'm weird, I know. Anyway, I'll probably write these pages single spaced...I'll get more done each day that way. So, tomorrow is Tuesday. I'm going to get up early, get done whatever is needed to get done, write (at least one page and then a blog post), go to work, and then hang out with my boyfriend (Tuesday nights are usually spent with him).
Meanwhile, all you people out there should be making the same effort as I am! Happy writing. :)
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