Writing Process
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It has been a long day
I spent longer writing yesterday than I should have, given that I needed to be up early this morning. I still woke up early, luckily, but it was earlier than I needed to, and so I headed to work with… Continue reading
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I WROTE SOMETHING
I didn’t get a lot of writing done yesterday, but in comparison to the past month, I did really well. I was editing and reviewing a lot of writing—when I haven’t touched a manuscript in a long time, I’ll usually… Continue reading
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Today is a Writing Day, I Can Feel It
I have a lot on the agenda this week, but I can feel that I’ll be writing a lot today. It’s almost like the feeling of anxiety, but it’s a mixture of fear and excitement, and all I think about… Continue reading
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The “Creative” Piece I didn’t Submit …
This piece was an experimental piece that I was working on, and reading it back (I forgot it even existed), reminds me of how much my mental health was worse off when I wrote it. It laid my thoughts and… Continue reading
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Assessment Task 1: Literature Review
Note: this was the second literature review that I’d ever written (I failed the first one when I was studying social work at UQ). For some more context, I rewrote the entire essay the day off. I didn’t realise there… Continue reading
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The Post Builder Changed Again?
It has a different font and different sizing, and I can’t tell whether I like it or not. It’s not great on my eyes, but hey, maybe it’s strengthening them. The side of my face is starting to hurt again… Continue reading
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The First Step after the Edit
I forgot the most important thing that comes with a full manuscript. The cover page. The dreaded cover page. I know a lot more about cover pages now than I did when they were fifteen, but when I think about… Continue reading
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Two Chapters Left
Two chapters left and about thirty pages. You can really see the issue in that sentence. The last two chapters should probably be a little more than thirty pages, but this is the final massive edit for X and the… Continue reading
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Sometimes the pain turns us into conquerors
This can actually be applied to a lot of things when regarding humans, but today I’m just talking about how I’ve managed to edit two chapters of X, and how that only started happening again when I was 6-1-9’d (if… Continue reading
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Last week … was a week
My second dose of Pfizer really threw me. It wasn’t until I was asleep that it crept in and hit me with a “remember flu season”. I’m still feeling it, but definitely don’t feel as bad as I had when… Continue reading
Hopfield is Writing 