So I'm no longer even TRYING not to drink a lot of pop. I had two cans of pop today at school (and I even brought tea to work this morning, so that should have cut down my pop drinking by at least one, but no. Plus, last night I bought a two-liter of Diet Sprite. Today, it's more than half gone. Hmm...
The writing every day: clearly it's not happening on the blog. Shocking, I know. However, it's going okay. Even though I sometimes have to write a lot on one day because I know that I won't be able to write the next day or on the weekend or whatever, but that's no big deal. (Remember, I have that clause with God.) I've written about 5600 words (almost 23 pages) on my "writing project" since Ash Wednesday which is pretty good compared to this time the last three years while I was student teaching and just barely surviving my first two years of teaching.
The best part is I've also been reading a lot of author's blogs and the one I really admire said she never writes her books in chronological order; she starts with the parts she wants to write. I've been loving that!! Since I have to write, I allow myself to write about whatever part I want to. That part rocks.
Well, I guess technically I've upheld my bargain with God since I've written this; however, I'm still gonna go see what I can do on my other project.
A couple of writing quotes for inspiration:
Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.
~ Gustave Flaubert
When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can sure it but the scratching of a pen.
~ Samuel Lover
Anybody can become a writer, but the trick is to STAY a writer.
~ Harlan Ellison
Having imagination, it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that, if you were unimaginative, would take you only a minute. Or you might not write the paragraph at all.
~ Franklin P. Adams, from Half a Loaf
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