Recently I have read How You Can Create Fiction When Reality Comes To Call written by Carol Chute and, 6 Ways to Be a Hemingway- Level Production Badass writen by Drake Baer. These articles have lead me to think about my writing process. When reading Carol Chute's article I found that I could really relate to her as far as all of her distractions she had faced.Being a college student is already hard enough and it also comes with many different disturbances. One of the biggest distractions as a college student is working and being a mother, my time is constantly taken up by my job which I work full time and also taking care of my son which is also full time job in itself . As I am writing this now my son is running around in his walker screaming and making every noise he cold think to make. The T.V volume is on 20 because god forbid he cant hear his cartoons. I'm talking to my sons father about... I really don't know what were talking about because i'm typing this at the same time. His words are going in one ear and out the other. In saying this, these are everyday distractions I deal with. Carol Chute dealt with a lot of inversions and just couldn't seem to get in a "writing" state of mind. Just when she thought the coast was clear BOOM the dog is having a seizure, someone is at the door, or she had to tend to her husband. Before reading these stories I haven't really thought the distractions I face everyday because those things are normal for me. Until I sat down this morning to write this blog I didn't think anything of it. I too can relate to Baer's article in the sense that I have to get up early in the morning to write so all is quiet, I too have to "protect" my time if you will. Before I wrote this I've read my classmates writing processes and some of them were very similar to mine. I observed their steps because like I said I never thought about my process because I usually have to deal with all of the distractions around me. I have finally come up with my writing process and I feel like if I continue to follow the steps I've listed it will make me in the end a better writer over all because I will have some type of structure to go off of. Listed below is my personal writing process.
First: I make sure I feed my son or have him distracted so I can at least have 20 minutes of quiet. I'll be lucky if I can get him down for a nap... Second: I grab a snack for myself, preferably two uncrustables and a glass of ginger ale or a cup of tea. Third: This step I cannot list... LOL Fourth: I tune into pandora, Keyshia Cole. I like to listen to R&B while I write. Some of the songs I like to listen to are Lloyd ft. Lil Wayne-You, Ray J-One Wish, Tyrese-How You Gonna Act Like That, Joe-I Wanna Know, Jon B-They Don't Know, and Donell Jones-Where I Wanna Be just to name a few... Fifth- I have to be in a comfy location, specifically a rocking chair. Its something about rocking back and forth that soothes me. Sixth- I just go to town and write whatever is on my mind. No scrap paper, no ideas no nothing. Just my thoughts at the moment
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Alexis MotonOn my blog I will post my assignments as well as any daily thoughts I have. As well as my given assignments such as my 3 major blogs, My Hiraeth, Four Academic Mindsets Assignments, and finally my Film-Based Project. I hope you enjoy! Archives
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