My Writing Week in Review

I wrote seven poems this week and submitted them to a contest on writing.com. I also made my word count goal three days out of seven, which is good considering that some of those days I was depressed. I did not make word count on the days depression hit me the hardest.

I have difficulty writing when I am depressed, but that is the time I need to write because writing helps me overcome the depression. I have an offline journal called Writing my Spiritual Journal that use to keep track of my progress both spiritually and materially. In this journal, I write letters to the people who have had the biggest influence on my spiritual journey. I also use this journal for my Thankful Thursday entries. 

I am not depressed today. In fact I feel better then I have in a long time. The only thing I am worried about today is making my word count goal. I am supposed to write 2,000 words a day. I have four months until I have to consider changing that goal. I do not want to lower the goal because of lack of consistency in achieving to goal. I would rather raise the goal, but I can only do this is I accomplish the goal six days out of seven for the rest of 2013.
 

Staying Positive as a Write

Fidal (Grace), 13 Mulk (Dominion), 164 B.E. - Tuesday, February 19, 2008 about 9:06 AM PST

The best way to stay positive as a writer is to write. I have difficulty staying positive sometimes, so I have an offline journal called Writing my Spiritual Journey, which contains letters written to Baha'u'llah. In this journal I can pour my heart out about everything that is happening in my life.

In Writing my Spiritual Journey, I usually use the free write exercise of just beginning and writing what comes to mind. If I repeat words or phrases then I repeat them. In free write the idea is to continue to write for a specific period of time or until you have written the subject out whichever comes first. The best way to do a free write is to write for a specific period, such as 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30 minutes. One can always take up the subject again latter if it is not covered completely in on setting.

Writing my Spiritual Journey is to keep things in that I do not want to put in my blog. In addition to writing through the darkness letters, I use it to bring myself to account. This helps me focus on what I have accomplished and what needs done. Every blogger should have an offline journal to write in because it helps focus a person's thoughts and it reveals subjects that one might want to blog about later.