About a year ago, I set out to write something that wasn't just me trying to escape from my head. I write a lot, and not just this blog. I write a lot of short stories. Very very rarely do I ever finish one, and when I do, it isn't worth reading, because usually it's just a blank character standing in for me, saying and doing all the things I wish I could. So now, I'm giving that up. It didn't really help anyway. Not enough to really matter. I started a story two nights ago and I can't even remember anything about it now. It's just time for something new.
So now, I'm going to do it. I'm going to write what I've been trying to write about for the last year. I'm going to take Sarah Dessen's voice, Diablo Cody's language, my friends' quirks, and my own personality, and I'm going to make something great. Or at least I'm going to give it my best shot.
So, for the next few weeks - hell, maybe even months - I will be immersing myself into the details. This has always been something I've needed to work on, and now, I'm actually going to do it. I have twenty-five bucks, maybe I'll buy a book on writing when we go to Bowling Green on Thursday.
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