(Draft #1)Joshua.doc
(There is a negative correlation between coherency, and the desire to write.)
“Love and Mathematics” is echoing in my mind as I sit here - exhausted, frigid, and restless. Before me lay the incomplete works of the past month, each title proceeded with a parentheticaled “Draft #” - as though to excuse their apparent flaws with an abbreviated “I’m not finished yet!”.
It seems appropriate then to proceed myself with that same moniker - “Draft”. I’ve spent my life quoting an imagined reservoir of potential energy, a limitless pool of possibilities from which I would acquire the resources necessary to achieve these goals I’ve set for myself. Each period of mediocrity is excused by the upcoming evolution - my emergence from the cocoon of normality.
Yet, here I sit.
Exhausted, Frigid.
Restless.
February 10th, 2009 at 9:49 am
dear josh,
hows about you put your vagina away? lol. in the interest of not becoming one of those temperamental-manic-genius-type writers, you should probably practice writing as an exercise. as in something you do regularly to get better at it, not just when you are monumentally inspired. psht! keep on keepin’ on, fool.
February 10th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Tk,
I’d love to put my vagina away. Unfortunately by doing so I’d nullify the only derogatory comment you or Hannah seem to be capable of forming. Ba-zing.
Anyway, the “exercise” bit is actually solid advice. Though I tend to fall in and out of the habit, I actually try to free-write for about an hour each day. I don’t commonly post the results - they’re usually just fragmented ideas, narration, and dialog - but when I generate something of significance, I try to post it. (Note that the lack of such posts represents of the amount of significant content I feel I’ve generated.)
Truth be told, SaidtheFox was comfortably simmering on my cognitive back-burner for the past few months - I expect to post more frequently now that I’ve reassessed my priorities.
Thanks for the comment though. I’ll keep with the keeping on.
February 12th, 2009 at 7:54 am
Well, what are you up to this weekend?
And, I took up blogging again when I moved. While my posts are not significant, it keeps me sane.
February 13th, 2009 at 9:41 am
silly, silly josh. fear not. not only is my advice always solid and good and excellent, but i could never run out of things to tease you about. like, ever. so don’t worry!