My main project has been drafting TBN (which, obviously, still has yet to be named). I started September with the goal of finishing by the end of the month...not quite sure if that is going to happen. The month has been so hectic. I worked twenty-six hours last week, plus add school, other volunteering obligations, and family stuff...it's been insane. There have been a few mornings where I have woken up an hour or two early because the day was so full.
But! The good news is, I'm just over half way done, so I have made quite a bit of progress. I have been enjoying this draft more than any other I've ever written. I've been told a million times to be okay with your first draft being crap, but I've never been able to actually believe it. For some reason, it's finally stuck this time around.
I have been able to completely accept my draft as it is and plow forward, just putting words on paper. I'm not judging my writing, which is huge for me. I know that I can write better but also that my draft is how it needs to be for now. It's okay, and it will get better.
Life is super beautiful when we learn to let go, let God, and accept ourselves, completely and totally, flaws and all.
By the way, thank you so much to all of you who commented kindly on the poem I posted a few weeks ago! I was blown away by your sweetness.
I have been cranking out more poetry, slowly but surely. I really wish that I could put music to it and write songs, but alas, I'm not that talented. I'm pretty excited about this poem I've been working on, based on Song of Songs and the Gospels. Perhaps I'll post it when it's ready?
I just wrote two essays last night for my NET application (just one to go!), which launched me into a very reflective mood that I have yet to break out of. The topics were my faith story and how my relationship with God has changed me. They were actually surprisingly hard to write! But the Holy Spirit took care of me and they're thankfully done. The last one I have to write is on two ways I can improve in the way I relate to people which will be very short because I'm perfect. Joking. I should probably start writing now because I might not be done by the time I graduate...
I've been pondering doing NaNo this year. Because, you know, I will have just finished a draft in need of major edits and am working an average of 15 hours a week...oh, and plus, I have to put together a youth rally/retreat for my dad's ministry. Oh! And school, essays and reading! Plus college visits! So why not do NaNo?!?!?! My crazy is showing.
There was only one year I was able to complete NaNo and it was absolutely awesome...and a long time ago. It's been five years since then, and I think it would be a great addition to my senior year. Also, I'm not sure when I'll be able to do it again. And I do have a story that I'm just itching to write...
Who else is doing NaNo? I was thinking about starting a teen NaNo support group via email. If you're interested, please leave your email in the comments below! Or shoot me an email: 11anniem@gmail.com.
What have you all been up to? Have a fabulous remainder of the week!
So glad you're loving your wip! I suppose our writing is an extension of ourselves, so loving what we create is just as important as loving ourselves.
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DeleteCongratulations on sticking to your goal. You do seem super busy which makes your accomplishment even more impressive.
ReplyDeleteI am doing NaNo but I am very far from being a teenager. I think a support group for teens makes a lot of sense and if you manage to fit NaNo in you would be the perfect host.
Good luck with completing your WIP this month. If you keep your great attitude you'll do it.
Thank you! You are so sweet =) Best of luck with NaNo!
DeleteGood luck with your WIP! I am doing NaNo but sadly I'm not yet a teen (about a year or two away :()
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Awh, good luck to you!
DeleteI am think on doing Nano too, it might be a bad idea because I am in the middle of moving, but I need to get some writing done.
ReplyDeleteYou can always start out and see how it goes!
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ReplyDeleteI haven't done NaNo in a long time! My schedule is so unpredictable--I'll get halfway through a manuscript I love and revisions will arrive, so I have to set it aside and work on that. Or they'll finally say they want a book but there's only three chapters, so I have to work on that. Or they'll say they don't and I have to go start on something else! I say go for it!!! Even if you only get halfway through the book, that's half of a book you can then finish.
ReplyDeleteUnpredictable schedules are such a writer thing ;) Best of luck to you!
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