Tuesday, 8 January 2019

Finding Time to Work on my Book, "Shattered Reality"

Ok, so, I get it - if you're working on an enormous project, if you have taken up writing a book (and if so - congratulations!) like me, and EVEN if you never/always run out of inspiration for your Chapters/Parts - life isn't all about writing, right? In my opinion - and please keep in mind, this content comes from merely a soon-to-be 11-year-old - you're right. But not exactly!

So, look - here's the deal; if you want to be an author, then you have to write - right? Like, isn't it crucial that you work at least on some kind of project if you have taken up writing? So, yes, this is why I think that, even if you are still a kid - actually, scratch that - if you know how to hold a pen and if you like what your hand writes, then, to have much experience down the road - down your career - isn't it nice to be working on SOMETHING? Not all the time, of course, and I understand that. On the other hand...

Ok. Say, you've just finished university for writing/art/both, and you spend ALL of your time creating digital content (art, writing books for people to see on websites likes Wattpad/your own blog(s)), then don't you feel mentally drained, simply after a few weeks of doing so? Yes, I have tried writing one book for 2 months when I was 8(?) or 9, and I just felt sooo much better when I finished the pathetic, 44-page-novel, though I felt upset at letting all my characters just... slip out of my life. This is why I think that you should quit writing/doing-whatever-you-do, at least for a few days, if you feel drained.

And while I have not much experience on this - I'm 10, for gawd's sake! - I can imagine that IF you spend ALL your time doing-whatever-you-do, and then are, one way or another, suddenly forced to quit, then - doesn't it feel pathetic, stopping, letting all your work - go - if neccessary?!

But, anyway - this video is, why, about how I work, and so let me tell you this - I work when I have inspiration. Sometimes, I have inspiration for days, and then I feel like... uggghhhhhh. What the --?! - because I, with a flick of my fingers, want to just lie on my bed and stare at the ceiling and cry.

Though, you know? - it takes me hours to complete one chapter, usually, and I am saying this quite literally. From (in the least) 35 minutes to (in the most) 4 hours, when I feel like writin'... I go mad. And I write. And when one of my parents says...

"That's enough time you've had on the ipad now, miss (...my real name...)!"

Then, I just look up... frown... and say something very mean, usually, because HOW DARE ANYBODY INTERRUPT ME WHEN I AN SUPER-DUPER IMAGINATIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DAYS?!!!!

So, yeah, thanks for reading my rants!
-S. Z. 

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    note: I wrote this short "prologue" 1 and 1/2 years ago, so don't judge! This is simply for entertainment's sake, ok?...