Well, evidently, sitting on your bed at 8 p.m. on Saturday night doesn't really lead to productivity. Although, this week certainly was productive. WP3 was turned in, group presentations were worked on, and I even participated in a fundraiser I helped organize. I broke through! I spent hours working on WP3, which, to be quite honest, I thought would be more fun. After two terrible WP scores, I spent more time worrying than being happy about WP3. Creating my adult piece was definitely more fun than the usual writing assignment, but ultimately I ended up stressing out anyway. I feel guilty that I've been feeling this way about my assignments because it feels like no matter how much I try I still mess up. Writing doesn't really come naturally to me, but I doubt it comes that easily to anybody, so I guess I'll just have to keep working on it. Class feels a little different lately, too. Everything feels pretty final which is both nice and scary. I feel good almost having made it through the quarter, but I also feel a little weird leaving the comfort of the classes and professors I've become accustomed to. What is my next writing professor makes me write title pages?!?!
On another note, I feel like this week has been extremely stressful. I also feel like I say that in every Thlog I write, but the stress seems to intensify as finals approach. Hopefully Thanksgiving Break will be a nice getaway from the stress of college (which I seem to keep falling victim of...)
As for my improvement check, I don't exactly know where I stand. Sometimes I feel really good about where I am as a writer, but lately I feel like I might have gotten worse, if that's even possible. Sometimes I feel like I am writing too hard to develop a style and not trying hard enough to work on my content--sometimes it feels the other way around. But writing is a process, and I've come to terms with that. I hope that by the end of the quarter I will have found a balance between the two.
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