Writing Update: Vices

  It seems like each day I move three steps forward, I have to take one stride back. The manuscript is almost in full swing and ready to be sent in, I read online on writer's digest that most writers are most comfortable and in their best writing form when they are alone. Ahh, it seems like the one thing I need most is also the one thing I cannot have access to. This thesis makes me wonder if when I can write in solitude whether or not my writing would take this long. All I need to do is get a desk and a writing area down in the basement, I would like to plaster up the walls and paint it, but that is a while off. (I'll also need for my amazing mother to buy me a coffeemaker which I could set up down there so it won't take a toll on my legs going up and down the steps for another cup of coffee.

  This brings me to my next point, vices. Drinking coffee or tea, gnawing on pen caps, smoking cigarettes, chewing tobacco, or whatever your grip may be, this is an essential tool which can help writers. I read in on vices in the writing process and you would be suprised how many great writers have something which they are doing while they are writing, Ken Kesey (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Sometimes a Great Notion, Sailor Song), one of the more extreme examples, was a writer who abused LSD and cites how essential his LSD trips were in his creative process. To aspiring writers, know that I am not telling you to get hooked on hallucinogenics, instead I am trying to advocate that if there is something you do once in a while which can keep your focus, then do it. It doesn't have to be anything that messes with your senses, instead like I said, if you find yourself clicking a pen, chewing on pencils, or tapping your foot when you work, then don't hold back when you are writng. Personally, if I don't always have a cup of coffee or tea while I'm writing my consistency skews, and I find that my writing can fall a bit flat. So whatever it may be, embrace it.

  As far as reading goes, I started reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton last night. It is a quick read that only chalks up 188 pages hardcover, and I have read it before. I thought it would be a good article to write, considering the book doesn't have the same popularity it did in the 70's and 80's, and it displays values which I find most people have lost. Also I want to read the book and get a full understanding of it with a pair of adult eyes as opposed to those of a Seventh Grader. Thank you for reading, my pageviews jumped a bit last night, (from 2 to 31) not a huge amount, but anyone on facebook who read my post I just wanted to thank you, and if you have a google account, follow my blog! Thank you, and have a great day.