This is Wednesday. This is ROW80 Wednesday Check In. When I
think about it, I don’t sincerely want to check in because then I will have to
confess about how I have gotten in my own way this week.
On Wednesdays I share stories about my life as a writer (my being) instead of just listing off my goals and how I am doing. It just works better for me to do it differently on different days.
The good news is, I have been writing a ton of stuff early in the week each week.
Sunday and Monday I wrote tons of words. Now it is Wednesday and my flurry of writing seems to have dried up and diminished. I’m getting words written, but not as fast and the words that come are not as satisfying.
A couple very positive things: I took another writing photo, my first since my
My Newest Writing Photo. Can you see the melanoma scar on my right cheek?
melanoma. I love it for so many reasons. My friend, Jennie, took the photo while we were out "chasing the sunset". She captured the right side of my face, the one that bares the scar and the reflection of melanoma. I always see it, but many people say they don't even notice. This is the first time I saw a photo of me and actually felt content about my scar and what it represented.
Another is - I wrote a couple poems I really like. I am attempting to write a poem daily, but right now I have to confess, I am writing poetry daily but not actually finishing even a rough draft. I am writing more than I did before the year started so it feels incredible to get my poetic words collected on the page.
Yesterday the good writing stopped when my middle daughter texted me from school saying she needed me to bring her an alternate lunch to the one her Dad made her which she claimed was inedible to her. I can hear you saying, “Oh, you should have let her eat the icky one!” but she had layout for journalism and I couldn’t just leave her there, hungry, when she would be at school until after 7 pm!
I couldn’t manage to get my butt in the seat with anything significant again until… well, I still haven’t actually.
I did edit a how-to article, a bonus for me since I tend to procrastinate in that department, so I suppose… I am doing better than I thought.
I think I need to take my writing on a date.
Next week my eldest daughter will be back at Smith College. I will have wide open space. I think I will take one day to go someplace else and write. Just me and words.
Maybe I’ll do it before Wednesday so I can write about it here.
I hope your writing feels satisfying… and that you are continuing to move your pencils!
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