Writing is a strange thing for me. I have to be in a place where I feel comfortable but if the topic is something I do not enjoy it is somewhat impossible for me to start. I have to brainstorm on paper but when the final draft comes around I have to be on the computer to check my spelling. I am horrible at spelling and it makes me self-conscious to write in front of other people.
When I first start and I know what I am going to write I like to have a college ruled notebook to scribe on. I just let my mind flow what comes through it. Later I will go back a revise where it is necessary. Sometimes I start to draw about the thing I am writing to help me envision what to write.
I am a person that likes to multitask. Sometimes I will switch back and forth between two different homework assignments. When I come back to the piece I was working on earlier I sometimes change my mind or have more ideas to express.
When I journal I do not care about my spelling or if things do not sound just right as long as I am getting out what is in my head. I almost never write in pen because I know I make a horrible amount of mistakes and I hate using white-out. In a way writing in a journal when I am upset helps me calm down. I like to go back days or weeks later and see how I felt. Writing has always been a strange thing for me.
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I know what you mean on multitasking. I always do that. I can not just sit there and write the whole paper right then and there. I deffinetly need to watch t.v. in between or something that way an idea will pop in my head and then i can just go and add that on to my paper.
ReplyDeleteExcellent work here, Bre!
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking about the multi-tasking. Do you think part of you needs to be preoccupied...maybe your more conscious self, while you're writing. I think I do this, too.