I find the biggest struggle with creating a lot is the burden of research and the rabbit hole it leads you down. You start off looking for whether or not a certain prescription would make someone sleepy, and by the end you are studying into what Ulcerative colitis is and suspected causes.
Many writers joke about the rabbit hole of research, but it is a real thing. It is important though. Checking into whether or not a car has a feature, or a medication can have certain side effects is opening up a world of possibilities. Your may find that one of your characters suddenly has a disease or dependency that makes sense. You might discover a creature that fits with another novel or short story idea you had.
I've also been learning to make different doughs from scratch so I can try to make my money go farther. Again it's a matter of research and finding more recipes to move outside of your comfort zone.
So while I may not have created anything yesterday, that time was invested in future creations. Finding recipes and techniques for doing pot stickers, pretzel buns, and other treats I want to make myself. When you can reduce a loaf of bread from 2 dollars to about 75 cents it is a good motivator.
Yesterday I didn't create, but I fueled the tank for more creation in the future.
Saturday, January 5, 2019
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Creating for Creation Sakes
Yesterday was the beginning of the new year. Like most people who haven't given up hope that they can create meaningful change in their life, I've decided that I wanted to make a resolution. The problem I find with resolutions is that the people I talk to don't allow themselves any leeway in what they are trying to do. Most of them aren't even willing to consider the a resolution and have written the chance of change off as an instant failure.
(You're not a failure, I believe in most of you)
"I will go on a diet, and work out every day, and clean my house," they say. Then by day five they're ready to kill someone because they gave themselves no wiggle room. They try to fill all of the time they typically use for decompressing into these new goals. The new year along with other major milestones (birthdays, engagements, etc) aren't the time to make all sorts of life changing goals. Start small. Baby steps.
So what kind of resolution did I make? I resolve to TRY to create something everyday. There is room to miss a day or three. Sickness happens. Life happens. Sometimes there is no way you can do something meaningful due to obligations. I'm allowing myself little failures and a chance to get back on the horse. No reason to lose everything because of one or two missed days.
Today is January 2nd and my goal for today is to revive my blog. I thought about creating an entirely new blog. I don't know whether this will be more author stuff. I don't know if this will be about me getting on a soapbox and decrying the cost of a loaf of bread or delicious cheese.
What is the overall goal then? My goal is to flex my creative muscles. My goal is to get outside of my comfort zone and try new things. A few weeks ago I started making my own bread. I've branched into homemade pizza dough now as well. There will probably be pictures on here in the near future of my bread.
(This is a warning so you can cover your keyboards with a napkin due to all the drool. I imagine there will be rivers.)
I may throw down some short stories. I see that there are still stories up here if you haven't read them in the past. I'm going to consider writing the story of Nurse Summers. I spent a lot of time thinking about the concept of those vampires and would love to see more. Perhaps I should read over it to review my own memory.
I tried at one point to keep my blog to specifically my writing related stuff. I learned the hard way you can't pigeon hole creativity. I've burned out on the blog. I've burned out on writing in the past. I've let life get away from me. Yet when I create stuff I'm happy. This left me feeling like a failure because I didn't succeed in something as simple as letting people glimpse into my life.
That's okay. My goal is to try, and some of my experiments will be put on here for successes or failure. After all, if worse comes to worse the blog will go away again. For now though I'll see about breathing some life into it.
*ignores the sudden urge to create a Frankenstein type set for no reason*
Perhaps someone will even read my words.
(You're not a failure, I believe in most of you)
"I will go on a diet, and work out every day, and clean my house," they say. Then by day five they're ready to kill someone because they gave themselves no wiggle room. They try to fill all of the time they typically use for decompressing into these new goals. The new year along with other major milestones (birthdays, engagements, etc) aren't the time to make all sorts of life changing goals. Start small. Baby steps.
So what kind of resolution did I make? I resolve to TRY to create something everyday. There is room to miss a day or three. Sickness happens. Life happens. Sometimes there is no way you can do something meaningful due to obligations. I'm allowing myself little failures and a chance to get back on the horse. No reason to lose everything because of one or two missed days.
Today is January 2nd and my goal for today is to revive my blog. I thought about creating an entirely new blog. I don't know whether this will be more author stuff. I don't know if this will be about me getting on a soapbox and decrying the cost of a loaf of bread or delicious cheese.
What is the overall goal then? My goal is to flex my creative muscles. My goal is to get outside of my comfort zone and try new things. A few weeks ago I started making my own bread. I've branched into homemade pizza dough now as well. There will probably be pictures on here in the near future of my bread.
(This is a warning so you can cover your keyboards with a napkin due to all the drool. I imagine there will be rivers.)
I may throw down some short stories. I see that there are still stories up here if you haven't read them in the past. I'm going to consider writing the story of Nurse Summers. I spent a lot of time thinking about the concept of those vampires and would love to see more. Perhaps I should read over it to review my own memory.
I tried at one point to keep my blog to specifically my writing related stuff. I learned the hard way you can't pigeon hole creativity. I've burned out on the blog. I've burned out on writing in the past. I've let life get away from me. Yet when I create stuff I'm happy. This left me feeling like a failure because I didn't succeed in something as simple as letting people glimpse into my life.
That's okay. My goal is to try, and some of my experiments will be put on here for successes or failure. After all, if worse comes to worse the blog will go away again. For now though I'll see about breathing some life into it.
*ignores the sudden urge to create a Frankenstein type set for no reason*
Perhaps someone will even read my words.
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