15th of February, 2016
Dear Electra,
Three weeks into the new school year and so far I am still alive. Within these three weeks of inactive blogging, I honestly haven't completed as many things as I planned to and life has become lackadaisical. I haven't written as much, whether it be in the form of writing letters to you or writing stories for Mercina (the protagonist in my book). I need to figure out how to maintain my creativity for long periods of time.
On the topic of writing, I want to take a break from blogging to write my book. Turns out writing a book is one of the most difficult and exhausting tasks I've committed myself to. Before I came to this decision, I realised I had to write stories whilst generating new ideas for this blog. As every writer should know, it takes a lot of creativity to create content for different things. If you're one of the lucky writers who can generate ideas for different writing ventures at once, shame on you (that means you should give me your powers -- I am envious of your incredible talent).
This year for school I'm studying for NCEA and, obviously, I'm terrified. Besides being terrified, I know studying for this will occupy my time for writing, also remembering that I have other commitments such as music and keeping my health intact. If I focus on Mercina, my grades will fall apart and I will possibly lose my spot in the NCEA class. If I focus on school, I will live in the gloom that my book will never be written when I'd like to finish it. If you know me well, not fulfilling my literary ambitions will leave a heavy burden on me (notice how dramatic that sentence was?).
So, Electra, what I'm trying to convey here is that life's main intention is to bring these situations where you need to balance everything. If you fail, then continue to create new challenges that will teach you the element of balance.
Stay powerful and beautiful as usual,
- M ★
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