Ok. The Advantage of Writing Assignments

One of the things I should be doing in order to be doing it is writing, as I've written here before. You see how I sound to myself? Like a broken record sometimes. Carrie, write. Carrie, practice accordion. Carrie, sing. Carrie, write. Carrie, practice. Carrie, how about, be cool?

So. I calmed myself. I'm giving myself a writing assignment. If this works, I'll do it more often. Problem is, with real assignments, I had either a wonderful or terrifying Professor who would either make me want to finish to impress or just to not get scolded. There were marks. These were important.

Can I be my own Prof? Can I mark my own work? No. I can't. That's your job. Not that I expect you to start putting this in your calendar and looking for 12pt font, double-spaced, 1" margin papers on your desk or anything.

In fact, I don't know how this will work. But, a week from today I want a rough draft of a Creative Non-Fiction piece, a Sci-Fi piece and a song. These are my three favourite things to write, and to read (or listen to).


So, that's March 8th. If I don't finish, I expect I'll be avoiding this blog altogether. (Just kidding (hopefully)).

I'll keep you posted. Thanks in advance for your stern teacher face and/or proud Professor face. If it's any consolation, I'll be sharing these pieces with you! Obviously not next week. Those will be shitty first drafts. As we affectionately call them. But one day soon they'll be shining final drafts. Like Clay Aiken.

Well I actually hope it's a better transformation than that.

(Ps, is it weird that I capitalize Professor and not teacher?)