Entry 15: Disappointment

"If every time you sat down, you expected something great, writing would always be a great disappointment."

At the beginning of a writing project, sometimes called the brainstorming step, the writers job is to simply collect ideas and get something on paper. It can be a time of doubt, as often writers feel like they don't know where to start. Even knowing that we can revise later, we often hesitate to begin. Write about your experience with beginning a writing project. How do you do it? Do you have writers block sometimes? How do you get over it? What ways work best for you to generate ideas and get started?

•  When I am beginning to write a project, I will first think of ideas, and after that choose an idea, and start immediately after a short and brief outline. This initiation process is usually very fast, taking about only five to ten minutes, mainly because I decide on a topic very quickly, and once I decided it, I usually won't think about changing my topic anymore. I usually don't have a writer's block when I start writing - it appears when I am around the middle of the essay. When an idea comes to mind, I will be very excited and write for a while, but after that period I will be seriously stuck on that part. So, I will sometimes change the content of what I am going to write if I have writer's block, because it may in a way help me. Different people have different ways for generating ideas for writing projects. For me, I usually listen to music, or read my novel. Generally, in order to find ideas for topics, I generally make myself relaxed and comfortable. If I do so, then something may suddenly inspire me, or I might remember something that could work as a topic.