I broke a promise to my writing crew. I promised to develop a new page of writing this week and, blog not withstanding, I did not. This betrayal is fairly typical of my writing slump. I don’t call it writer’s block because I’m not blocked. I’m simply not putting butt in chair to get the work done. As a result the work piles up and becomes this mountain that I need to climb before the semester starts. Let me be clear: The semester starts in 10 days. You heard of 90 days to a novel? This is 10 days to an outline.
In order to further the motivation for what needs doing, I am am going to be using the blog to publish some of that work. I need to create an outline in order to give my students a current sample of work that can be used as an example of the expectations of the class. I can continue driving through the process once class starts, but when I hand out the notebooks and everything on day one I need to be ready with a solid amount of the work in order to get them going and encourage them that the work is doable. Heck, it ought to be encouragement for me to finish the project.
Some Thoughts:
- The website format is still… up in the air.
- The Giants dropped a preseason game that highlighted the weaknesses of the O-line. At the same time I was encouraged by the speed and play of their rookie right tackle. My team is in a position to be amazing this year if that line can hold for a split second longer.
- I did this entire blog with the coffee sitting in the coffee maker. Blasphemy.