But anyway, I wanted to tell you about my latest exciting news: my Creative Writing class at college. It is so much more than I thought it would be. The book we are using is full of advice and ideas to get all the creative thoughts flowing. And it is challenging me in ways I didn't think it could or would! Now I don't write every day because I want to, I write because I have to. I seriously have no choice. Well, unless I want a bad grade––which I don't!
I am sorry to say I haven't worked on my WIP for over a week because of all the studying. But I have been writing every day so I count that for something. At least I am not letting my creative mussels go soft. That was something the book said.
The book also said that a writer can't only write "when they feel like it" and expect their writing to be good. To be good or sometimes even decent at something requires practice. Athletes practice several times a week and sometimes every single day. And still most of them will never make it big. And yet some writers only write now and then and are surprised when there stuff isn't up to par.
So now I write more because I have to keep up my grade and to stretch my creative mussels to their very limits. What are those limits? I like to think that I don't have any. Maybe one day I will find them, but I have a feeling that day is a long way off.
The lesson here? Just write. Don't care if it is good, just write. Write for yourself. Write because someone, somewhere, needs your story.
And now I leave you with Olof to help you remember what I said:
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