Today was one of those days.
Emotional music to match emotional writing.
My mind is moving 100mph on things outside of just writing in a
book. The larger future keeps whispering
in my ear and I can’t ignore it. And, I
don’t think I want to ignore it.
Honestly, I want to run to it and jumpstart it. Plus, I wasn’t looking forward to writing
about an emotional part in the book. I
am adding another layer of frustration for Wrinkles to battle through and it almost feels like I’m
punishing him. Yet, I do realize that he
has to go through this in order for young readers to get a better understanding of
how we all have a lot to overcome in order to be successful.
So, instead of powering up the laptop, I decided to leave the house right
before what is usually my most productive writing time of the day.
I wanted to breathe the fall air
and look at the city that my books take place in. I wanted to go past the school I worked at
when I wrote my first Wrinkles Wallace book.
I wanted to take some time to drive by Eastern Michigan University and reflect
on my experiences there. I thought about
my undergrad years and how I ended up at The University of Nevada Las
Vegas. I thought about how much I went through
to get my Master’s degree from EMU while using Wrinkles as the main part of my
culminating project. Lastly, I thought
about my experiences at the Eastern Michigan Writing Project. At that point I was ready to send Wrinkles
through another dose of hard times.
At home, the writing went well. I managed to serve Wrinkles some lemons and
utilize Grandma Wilbur to show him how to make some lemonade. After writing those four pages… I was mentally exhausted. I need to go back to my drawing book and
start planning again.
Thanks for reading.
Steady!
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