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BaLaNcE
Posted by: bluwaterbabe99
Equilibrium, poise, stability, steadiness, deportment. All these things are needed to finish this novel.
No matter how busy (or not busy) one is, one needs balance. I know most (about half?) of you reading this are in the wonderful season of winter but, lucky me, I'm from a small town in Northern Indiana, and I'm probably one of the busiest teens there are.
Okay, I'm lying. Just a little bit.
But it feels like when I'm not busy writing or doing soccer, I should be busy doing something of the sort. When I'm watching TV (which, thank heaven, does not happen very often anymore), I feel as if I should be running three miles or writing a thousand words a minute, or maybe even getting a jump start on my 90 hours of service needed for NHS (that's National Honors Society for you people who don't know what that is) next year. But somewhere between my working boyfriend's schedule, soccer three to four times a week, and writing about 2,000 words a day, I still find myself stressing out a little.
And who wouldn't?
Balance keeps people from going insane. And I'm not saying that I am totally sane, mind you, I am just saying that it's nice to run off some steam at soccer, or lift weights and not have to worry about how my novel is going, where the holes are in my plot, or what I'm going to wear for prom next year.
And while I'm on the topic of sanity and balance, I must mention the comic Eliza's Sacrifices on WillWriteForChocolate.com. It is technically for NaNo, but it's basically got the same idea to it.
Check it out, please before continuing on.
And as much as I try to tell myself that registering for free bathing suits and a Venus Breeze Razor, playing online games (one of which may actually include World of Warcraft), and downing a Tootsie Roll every 1,000 words is keeping me sane, it really isn't. What keeps me sane (or somewhat sane) is the fact that my life (at the moment, anyway) is somewhat balanced. I have a point in my day, every day, where I don't have to worry about word counts, what to wear, or if I'm not going to be in shape for soccer because I won't get off my lazy butt and go running and quit eating these Tootsie Rolls to celebrate every 1,000 words and dahdadahdadah.
So you see, us novelists have got to keep our sanity somehow. And I can't see how anyone can do it any other way than balance.
Labels: writing-life-balance
11 Jun 2007 20:58:24
Comments
On 13 Jun 2007 13:46:53 Andy Chilton said:
I think that comic is great! I also keep my sanity by reading news and blogs :-)
I also had my first night off last night. Instead of getting home at 9pm and writing, I decided I was watching TV - Boston Legal - always makes me laugh.
On 14 Jun 2007 03:27:46 Jessi said:
Yeah...I posted it on my myspace, too...thinking my BF would like the comic since he's the one that got me into WoW, but he didn't read it!!! GRR!