Thought processes

So I was really pumped to write in this blog today now that I know that I actually have friends who will read it. I thought about it a lot. I was going to write something extraordinary! Something moving! Something amazing!

But then I came home and actually sat down in front of the computer with the 'Create Post!' box open.

Crap.

I couldn't write anything. Why didn't I think this through more.

So I did what I always do when I can't think of what to write: Watch WheezyWaiter videos on Youtube. Hooray!

And as I did this, I began to think about how my violin teacher would probably appreciate this humor even more than I, which led me to remember that I have yet to practice today. This prompted me to look at the time, which is currently 8:47 pm. I realized I don't have the time or daylight to practice tonight, and then I remembered that I have another music lesson tomorrow, which means I have no free time again.

Damn.

Being in high school is a pain in the ass.

But at least I have a certain shirt to sleep with tonight.

Tee hee!

I hope I don't become an English major.

So, I started taking a creative writing class this year, my senior year of high school. So far, I think I like it, apart from how I sit next to a person I would rather not share everything I write with, but that's a different story. The teacher's fantastic, the class is more than engaging, the prompts are interesting. But it seems strange to me in a way that's difficult to explain.

The teacher teaches writing to a class who already knows how to write, but he teaches like there's only one way to go about writing. His way is very structured and planned out and while that's very good and nice and I'm sure he's a fine writer, I don't think this is the way it should always be. I think writing is a subjective thing: sometimes you have it thought out and sometimes it just flows from your heart to your fingers and onto the page, or onto the screen. He teaches us about cliches and similes and metaphors and imagery and all of that stuff and how it can make your writing more colorful and interesting, but that's subjective as well. Style-based.

Sure, metaphors can be cool if dramatic explanations are what you go for.

"The rain fell from the sky in a biblical torrential downpour, bouncing off of leaves and soaking the earth."

Yeah, I can see how that can be more interesting than, "It rained."

But I like simplicity, if that makes sense. I like to take a minimalist approach to writing and make it as real as I can: One doesn't really see metaphors and similes in real life, as life isn't always interesting. Metaphors are used to spruce up the drab realities of things, really.

So if I were to describe that it were raining, I would do it more to set the stage than to go into violent detail about how the rain is so coming down in such a superabundant manner that it's speeding up the process of erosion or something.

"It was raining, and she began to walk to school."

It's simpler and truer and I like it better that way.