✏️ writing pt. 4 (beda day 7)

7. my ideal writing life is...

being a short story author, i guess?

idk. i mentioned in the previous writing post that life itself provides me with a multitude of story ideas. it almost makes me think "wow, being an author would be a breeze!"

but i know that's not the case. there are a number of issues that can crop up throughout one's writing career - failing to find a publisher, writer's block, plagiarism... the list goes on and on. so ideally i'd work with a nice company, have a neverending stream of motivation, and a team of 6000 lawyers!!

side note: there are way too many prompts about writing in this challenge. i'm highkey struggling to come up with original content to talk about because i don't want to repeat myself or steal ideas from a future post. i feel like this challenge might have been meant for people who aspire to be (or already are) writers. whatever. i'm here for it.

another thing that's really important to the quality of my writing is ambiance. specifically, i prefer to have a quiet room and some nice background music. once i had to miss an essay-writing day in ap lit due to a choir event and i had to write it during a discussion day in class instead. the sound of people talking kinda fricked me up, so that definitely was not my best essay. i have no idea how people manage to do concentration-intensive work in chaotic spaces...

but as of late i've found that, depending on what i'm writing, i like to write in different spaces. of course, things like essays and important emails require nigh-absolute silence. but for blog posts, i'm fine with writing them in public spaces. heck, i almost prefer writing them in public spaces! it gives me an excuse to avoid socializing and it gives me something to do in the meantime! the only downside is that if i get stuck somewhere with no wifi, i can't use my good pal thesaurus.com...

the music is a tad less important. it's usually just the background noise it provides that matters, so i'll just put on my current spotify playlist and get to work. unless it's like la la land or something. that's detrimental to my writing because then i'll be sobbing and splattering tears all over the keyboard. if i'm brainstorming or writing a particularly tricky paragraph, i like to listen to instrumental stuff. but for the most part, music is music. i'm like sue storm from the latest attempt at f4. good Lord that movie was a mess.

anywho, i'm gonna save some content in anticipation of tomorrow's post. it should be a bit more interesting. it'll delve more into being stuck in a writing rut and lacking the motivation to climb out. or as i like to call it, an average wednesday.