Drafts
Tue, 06 May 2008.
Gott in Himmel, I have six drafts waiting for me in Wordpress. One day I’ll probably get fed up and delete them all. I’m not the kind of boy that keeps drafts around because it encourages a certain level of perfectionism and that is what completely kills my blogging. I want more quantity here and the quality will eventually follow. Practice makes perfect, I’m not trying to win any prizes here.
Amongst the drafts are wonderful topics such as:
- My Top 5 TV Boyfriends (inspired by Tiff)
- I figured out why I’m still single
- I’m doomed to stay single forever
- Everyone hates drivers who break the rules but it’s ok to speed
- What exactly changed your mind about suicide?
- Long distance relationships scare the crap out of me
For all of them, I started writing a few paragraphs and then I lost interest. These are all very worth topics but, uh, I just lost the motivation to write about them. I’m reading more stuff than ever but I’m having trouble just finding the attention span to sit still and write something. I should write blog posts in the morning when I’m still and patient. At work, I am like a toddler being forced to sit still; I writhe and flail my arms and demand to go home and watch Nemo again. Work is boooooooring.
There’s actually a bunch going on in my personal life that I don’t want to blog about. It will probably come out as thinly veiled fictional posts. Because I’m really imaginative like that. Now that I think about it, I much prefer writing the fictional posts as opposed to an accurate account of a real-life event because what I really want to do is capture a feeling rather than tell you what happened. You don’t really care if I had a croissant this morning but maybe you’ll play along if I can conjure up visions of soft flaky pastry and melty butter and French people making snide remarks about my shoes in-between their passionate mid-morning make out sessions. And when they kiss, their cigarettes magically cling to the sides of their mouth so afterwards they stand up, straighten their clothes and continue to carelessly puff away at this tortured existence. Also, it’s very obvious that I have never been to France nor even met a French person. Well ok, my French teacher was actually French and we all laughed when the gym teacher locked him into a classroom.
So.. I kinda wanna blog about all of those topics now. Been feeling terribly uninspired as of late and dangit, that one in particular about suicide struck a chord.
I may have to run with it.. but stealing ideas isn’t cute.. so I’d obviously give credit where credit is due..
but yeah. I suppose I should wait to see if it’s ok first. In the mean time, I shall draft it.. because yes.
Eh. I lied. I lost my motivation before I even opened blogger
I suck
hahaha
Deutlich: Omg you DO suck! I want you to write about it. Now. Do it do it do it do it.
i’m a drafter too. i have tons of them saved, probably never to be published. i approach writing the way i approach photography, you have to take a million shots to get one that comes out exactly the way you want.
what?? I’m dying to know who your top 5 tv boyfriends are.
Also, email me.
btw, my readers and i agree that you’re a genius!
I think you can delete some of those drafts now. Or. . . you could post them just for kicks and giggles. But mostly kicks.
i loved this post. i think the last paragraph, especially, is hilarious.
i also think i am going to have to make a tshirt with this line on it: I want more quantity here and the quality will eventually follow.
in fact. we can sell tshirts to advertise your blog. with that quote.
because, frankly, it’s brilliantly wry.
unless you meant it in all seriousness. then it’s even funnier.
oh and this last line is hilarious.
Ashley: Oh yeah photography is totally like that. I’m too conservative with my shooting, mainly because I have a crappy camera.
Tiff: I have totally emailed you.
Jinius: I’m not sure why I suddenly get the genius label but I appreciate the support of you and your readers. :D
poodlegoose: I’ve never heard the phrase “kicks and giggles”. To me, it’s always been “shits and giggles” but I guess kicks makes it sound more innocent and stuff.
Damsel: I thought I was being serious but now I’m not so sure. I will need to check the definition of ‘wry’ again.
I lack the creativity to do fictional posts, but if it’s a way for you to be honest on your blog without giving away too much, then maybe it will be helpful to you. Too bad you lost interest in those Drafts… they sound like they coulda been incredibly interesting!