Archive for the ‘Essay Bits’ Category

I’m the type of writer that tends to plot meticulously, to the point of never writing anything. Planning is fun. You can’t fail. Writing on the other hand is scary. Writing is the part where your plan falls apart and you feel foolish.

I feel that for my essays to make it from brain to keyboard I’ve got to just write. I’ve been doing some very rough writing in my paper journals, but this isn’t really moving my writing projects forward. So, I’ve decided to start recording bits of essays here and there. Hopefully, each of these bits (to be posted as a blog entry here) will make some sense by themselves. After a number of them are posted here, I’ll see if it makes sense to go back and combine some of them into a more formal essay. If so, yeah! If, not Yeah! I will still have written something and started the process of working with my ideas. That’s the exciting part.

As a bit of a preview, I’ll divulge that I’ve been thinking about the seasons the past few months as I’ve watched summer merge with autumn and then transition to winter. As I’ve watched this change I’ve been increasingly aware of my own change of seasons, from full of enthusiasm to returning despair. My hopes and excitement now seem unreachable, again. How does this personal winter relate to the weather outside? More importantly, why do panic when personal winter comes to me. I don’t panic when snow and ice come. I cope. I need to learn from this. Expect my first essay bits to be themed accordingly.