Analyzing my Creative Process
Well, I'd like to start out with saying that my determination to write and post something everyday lasted about two weeks. About what I had expected, though I do wish I had a bit more "grit" as my psych teacher puts it.
I set out on this project with a goal in mind- to become a more disciplined writer. I thought that if I could get myself to write at least one complete piece every day, it would help me to become a better writer. If I had stuck with it, it probably would have. But even though I failed, I feel like I learned something about myself nonetheless.
I don't like forcing myself to write. Plain and simple; I absolutely hate writing because I told myself to do so. I am a binge writer. Whenever I get an idea, I sit down and start writing and before I know it I have five or six poems done. Then, I post the ones I like to prose over a course of a few hours/days. During those times, it feels like I'll never run out of inspiration- the ideas just seem to pop into my head. But if I sit down and tell myself to write, or if I just sit down thinking I want to write, nothing comes. Well, I can usually think of something eventually, but that usually means taking something random from my environment and making something up as I go. The only one of my recent pieces that came out this way that I think was successful was "Little Blue Box." It was actually inspired by a small wooden box I managed to seal shut using blue tissue paper and craft glue at a girl scout meeting.
But a lot of the poems I like best were created while I was in the midst of my 'binge writing' episodes. So maybe that's a terrible way to write, but I'm going to stick with it. I'd rather write a really good poem every two-three weeks than a mediocre one every day.