The lovely Corinne has tagged me in to do the writing process tour tag! You know me, I can’t pass up a good tag opportunity and seen as though I’m attempting to blog every day in September (I’m blaming Corinne for that too!), I figured this tag has come at the perfect time when lots of writing is (or at least I hope is!) getting done!
For those of you who don’t know, or haven’t read this post,
I love writing. I actually studied creative writing at University as part of my
degree, then stayed on to gain a very fancy pants Masters in writing studies.
So yeah, me and writing, we’re pretty good buddies!
I love to write about the actual writing process and could
talk about writing for hours – though it’s only really my writing buddies who
can put up with my ramblings on the subject for that long! So without further a
do, let’s get on with the tag!
What am I working on?
Right now, most of my focus is on putting together a blog
post for every day in September. I’ve only attempted this challenge a handful
of times since I started blogging but I’m going into it, for the first time,
feeling very confident! Usually my doubts start early on, but so far, so good!
I’m actually enjoying writing more than ever right now!
Outside of the blog I want
to say I’m working on a novel of some sort. Now, don’t get me wrong, it’s not
from lack of trying! It’s from a lack of time and inspiration! I’ve been
delving deep into my old journals and reading lots of creativity inspiring
books so who knows what might happen!
How does my work
differ from others of it’s genre?
You tell me! I have no idea! I guess my blog differs from
other blogs in a similar category because mine is written by me? It’s my voice
you’re reading right now – my voice is inside your head!
I guess one thing I’ve noticed is that my reviews are
usually far from short and sweet, I tend to maybe go into too much detail (or,
let’s face it, all around the houses to get to a point) when a lot of the blog
I read are much more concise and to the point. I just can’t seem to do that –
short stories was always my worst module. I just have too much to say.
I also get pretty deep and philosophical at times but I’m
like that in general, always with the deep
thoughts and getting lost in a little world of my own. I think I put a lot
of myself into my blog, more than I ever thought I would. I know lots of you
out there reading this personally, you’re my friends, family, my colleagues, friends
of friends or friends of my brother. That said, knowing you bunch are reading
my ramblings gives me the warm and fuzzies rather than the ‘aargh I have to
delete everything and head for the hills – they know too much’ – though some of you probably wish I would at times!
Why do I write?
Quite frankly, I don’t have a choice. I’ve always done it.
Paper journals, Live Journal, product reviews, Hubpages, I’ve always had some
sort of outlet on and offline. I can’t help myself, I’m compelled to put pen to
paper, fingers to keys. There is nothing quite as satisfactory as seeing a
blank page covered in my words, my thoughts, my worlds, it’s like I’m looking
at a little piece of what’s inside of me. I might not always like what I see
but it’s better out than in.
We used to get asked this question a lot at University, they
called it a reflection. We had to
explain and then justify why we had wrote something, how we went about creating
it, what it meant to us and what we wanted it to mean to our audience. Why,
why, why? It was one of the hardest questions to answer. When I write a
creative piece, a short story say, or a script, I have no idea how or why it happened, it just did. How can I explain and
justify something even I don’t understand? But I had to, so I did.
What did I find between those lines? The story that I was
really trying to tell. That’s why I write.
I have a story to tell.
How does my writing
process work?
When it comes to my blog, my writing process is pretty
straight forward. I have a notebook dedicated to blogging. Every month gets its
own page, and each day of that month has its own line on the page. Generally, I
publish a blog post at 6pm GMT Monday,
Wednesday and Thursday, so I go through each one of those and look around my
room and through my diary. Got a meal at a new restaurant coming up? I pencil
in the first available blog post slot after
the meal for the review. Got an empty product or something I’ve been waiting to
review? I pencil that into an available day. Just finished a book? You get the
picture. The days fill up fast!
Nothing is set in stone but I like to have a list of pre set
titles and/or ideas to go off as I write around 90% of my blog posts roughly a
week in advance. Scheduling posts in an absolute god send if you ask me!
Without it, this blog would lack some serious consistency!
A lot of the time blog posts are moved around, crossed out, penciled
in elsewhere or go completely ignored, but as someone who loves to work from a
list, this system works wonders for me!
I try to stick with a post until it’s finished, checked
over, polished and has its pictures before I start the next one. I find if I
leave a post half done it never gets finished!
There you go folks, another little look into a crazy corner
of my brain! Thanks to Corinne for tagging me, I’ve loved this one! I’ve been
thinking about writing and writing so much lately it’s left me feeling more
inspired than drained!
Until next time,
I'm so glad you did this tag. Woo!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it weird how blogging every day seems like such a massive task until you put a plan and habit in place? It's just so normal for me now! Yay daily blogging :)
Corinne x
www.skinnedcartree.com
I loved this tag! I love talking/writing about writing lol and I've loved reading others responses to it! Gives me lots of ideas!
DeleteBlogging everyday usually terrifies me but this i the fist time I've not only been this excited about it but actually sticking to it, very proud of myself lol, the question is do I keep going for October?
Sarah :)
I had a hard time scheduling a posts because my brain is not functioning when it comes to posting ahead of time. I can’t think of anything to write about even if I already reviewed a product unless it’s the day to have my post published.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading this and I wish you luck on your goal this September.
I used to be the same but the more I got into blogging the more the ideas came to me and eventually I built up towards having a long list of things to bog about, so I could write up the posts in advance and finally start scheduling! Best thing ever for me!
DeleteSarah :)