My name is Molly, and I'm a writer. Not that I've ever actually finished a project, but I'm working on it. Right now, life is somewhat chaotic what with school and family and everything, but some things have changed recently that have made me realize that I need to get my priorities in order.
It's a new year, and I kicked it off by doing something I've wanted to do since middle school: study abroad. For an entire month, I traveled around Italy with 35 other students taking a few classes, but mostly just trying to get as much out of the experience as humanly possible. It was incredible. I cannot explain how much I loved that trip, but I can try to explain, or rather show, how it changed me as a person and changed my mindset for the coming year. The past semester, to put it plainly, sucked. I did not do well in my classes, I was working way too much, and (towards the start of the semester) I was trying to figure out how to deal with a breakup that basically sucker-punched me in the face. After my short 4 weeks in Italy, I'm back in the States and ready to make this year about me. What I want to do, who I want to be, and letting go of the past. One of my biggest problems is that I worry too much, so this year, I'm going to be more confident in my classes and my relationships with everyone around me.
Basically, I've decided I'm going to be one of those horribly optimistic people.
I've noticed that there is something naturally energizing about being optimistic, and I like the feeling. I like dancing to loud music in my car. I like sitting down to write and feeling like I'm going to come up with fresh ideas. I like feeling like I'm going to accomplish something in my life.
I said earlier that I'm a writer. I've heard various tips on whether or not writers should have blogs. I've heard that we shouldn't because it distracts us from our projects. I've heard that we should to keep us in practice. I've tried the not having a blog option, so I figured it was time to give the blog option a shot. Who knows, this might actually help. I won't post my stories, or what I'm writing about, but I will talk about how I write, and the little quirks that come along with writing. Maybe I'll sound crazy, but hey, that's life.
My first quirk? Let's go with the name of my blog. "Blank paper and Black Pens." They're two things that I love. When I look at a stack of loose leaf, college ruled (yes, I do have a preference for the lines on the page) paper, I don't just see the paper. I see the possibility of a story. I crave to fill up those pages with words that bring another world to life. I don't always know what belongs on the page, but I know that there are words that are there, hiding, waiting for someone to discover them. There is so much possibility in paper. The second part of the title, the "black pens", is another preference of mine. When I write, I'll usually write long hand. Partially because I don't always have a computer with me, but mostly because... well, I don't know. I just prefer to write things out. That sounds lame.
I think that's a good place to end. Now I'm going to go write some more.
xoxo
"It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write." - Sinclair Lewis
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