In my junior year of high school I took a creative writing class. I didn't pay attention, because 17 year old me thought I was above being taught to write. Kind of like someone I know whose 17 year old self was above rehearsing. I figured, at 17, that I already knew everything that class could teach me.
I realized today that wasn't true, and maybe I should've listened to Mr. Benson when he said the following brilliant (paraphrased) words...
If you can't seem to write anything, don't. I mean it. Write nothing. Put pen to paper or fingers to keys and just make words. This is not writing. This is your wild mind working out all the things that are keeping it from creating... So write the word 'banana' a thousand times until somehow you're capable of forming a sentence. Use cliches, get them out of your system... Go ahead, don't write a complete sentence or finish a thought. Use improper punctuation. End sentences with prepositions...
Tonight's mission: A little wild mind writing.... not writing.
I'll let you know how it goes.
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Hey lady! Not rehearsing worked well for me!
Primarily because it turned out to be a moot point anyway...
Thanks for the laugh.
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