What words may come... |
Dracula is one of the most renowned horror stories of its time and beyond and is told as a collaboration of journals, letters, newspaper articles, and ships’ log entries. It opens with Jonathan Harker’s journal detailing his trek from Exeter to the Carpathian Mountains to work as an estate agent for Count Dracula. Harker recounts many odd and frightful events along that journey such as howling wolves, strange dreams, frightened horses, and several people crossing themselves when they hear of his destination.
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This past Friday was the last day of co-op where I teach creative writing. This was my second year teaching and several of my students from the year prior decided that they wanted to attempt a novel writing class. So this year that’s just what we did. In total I had nine students, including four from the year before, and they each tried their hand at writing a fifty-thousand word manuscript. Many of them succeed but all proved they had the dedication to learn what it would take to get past the dreaded blank page and put words down that others would eventually read.
One of the first lessons I’ve learned both the hard way, through writing classes, and discussions with other authors is ALWAYS HAVE A NOTEBOOK HANDY! This is also one of the first lessons I taught my creative writing students.
As I’m sure I’ve said before, I am a type-A personality. The traits that I most identify with from that type are that I can be hyper focused and I thrive with routine and organization. It was during NaNoWriMo 2019 that I pushed those tendencies aside and embraced disarray. At least with a few writing related practices anyway. This included my notebook. Before I tried keeping it divided into sections, nice, neat, and pristine. But despite what my personality traits might be, it was a complete failure. The notebook was rarely written in, or I would write in the wrong spot and tear it out to organize later. I still don’t know where those pages went. |
