Commitment

Had dinner with Xinyi and Isaac tonight - we're not that close that we don't have any awkward moments in our conversations, but we're close enough that the awkward moments aren't that bad at all. Xinyi showed us a short story that she'd been working on for her Creative Writing class, and quite truthfully I liked it - it was still very raw, and her writing style was so different from mine that it grated quite a bit - but I loved the idea and concept and really I can't wait for her to finalise it and let me read it when it's done.

Reading her piece made me think of the piece I was supposed to be writing. I can't say that I don't have any ideas, because I do - my favourite part of thinking about a story is only beginning. I'm thinking about how my characters could act, thinking of things they would say, food they would like, music that would suit them. I'm even doing homework for this. This is what I truly enjoy about writing a story - grabbing bits and pieces of everything and adding them to the characters in my head to see if they like them. It's like getting someone to try clothes - you have to see if they like it, if it suits them.

But one bad thing about me is that I don't like to write my ideas down - I like to keep them in my head and let my imagination play with them however it wants. Of course, that means that I don't always remember the ideas that I think up...

And one thing that scares me is that as much as I'll think and piece my characters and scenes together, I won't actually get around to writing anything - there's no commitment that way, and that's one thing I really hate about myself.

What would you do if you spent your life searching for someone, only to have them leave?
"How long?"
"....6 months."

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