Brandon
Figliolino
Getting Back
November 1st,
2019
I’ve been experiencing a creative drought,
and it’s had an impact on my writing. The last nonfiction piece I’ve written and
published to my blog was back in April. I can’t even remember the last time I
wrote a short story to completion. I acknowledge it is my fault for exacerbating
this desert; a lack focus and dedication to the craft has left me with not a
flourishing garden but a mess of dirt, weeds, and dead plants.
It’ll take time to plant new seeds.
Over the past few weeks, for example, I have written a short story over and
over, never getting more than a few pages before feeling like I need a good
scream. It plays so vivid and grand in my head but translating it to print, the
words read much like my garden: blah. Getting back to a routine is hard,
especially when it’s been absent for a while.
To honor my spirit and reinvigorate
my mind, body, and soul, I am committing November to writing. The month is National
Novel Writing Month, and the opportune time to reinvest time in myself and my
writing. Plus, it’ll be easier to convince myself to spend an hour writing than
an hour on the bicycle in freezing temperatures.
For the month, I challenge myself to
write every day and to publish something, anything, at least once a week. A lot
of life has happened since April; I have plenty of material from which to
source.
Here I go! It’s time to regrow this
garden that’s brought such joy to my life in the past. Now, who has a watering
can I can borrow?
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