The first assignments due for the semester are coming up. My first one is an essay, and then a portfolio and a memoir, and then another essay.

The four units I’m studying this semester are:

• Am I Black Enough? Indigenous Australian Representations
• Creative Writing: Style and Technique
• The Artful Life: from Memoir to Fiction
• Editing and Developing the Manuscript

The first assignment due is in a couple of days. It’s a Manuscript Appraisal Essay. 1,500 words looking at the synopsis, cultural value, style and recommendation of a manuscript.

And I’m writing this because I don’t know what else to write. I don’t think it’s quite ‘writer’s block’ but I definitely haven’t been able to write anything of value (or really anything at all) recently. And I don’t know what to do about it. I became so focused on trying to just write a short story that I’ve been able to write nothing really. I even drank a whole bottle of wine to see if something might spark (alcohol does not equal creativity but I was trying to find something new in terms of perspective). Nothing. Well, I actually wrote a lot for one of my essays, but I still couldn’t think of anything for a short story.

I feel kinda void without being able to write. And the worst part is that my assignments are really an extension of that. So I’m just kind of staring at words and my computer. Not really able to put anything on it. I don’t even really know what to put in this post. I only started writing it to start writing something. And I haven’t gotten that far before the words are running out. Like they’re draining out of my fingers as I write.

I think I might come back later. Hopefully, I’ll be able to write something or give a better update.