Sunday morning rumination on Slice of Life
With only 6 days to go I have wanted to quit 4 times. I am glad I have not, more for the posts I might have missed than for what I thought I wanted from participating.
I have appreciated comments on my post and the opportunity to respond to the work—the life—of others. Signing up I wanted to experience a community of writers or what I imagined one to be. I have found it to be a sharing of common goals, a deep dive into different genres, activities worth "stealing" for teaching, and humbling as I read over and over again mighty powerful, humorous, and heartfelt prose and poetry.
Instead of finding my voice, which was another reason for joining, I am still searching but Slice of Life has been a compass. GirlGriot posted today: "My voice is a helpful tool. I don’t usually hear anything particularly special about it, but other people do." She was literally referring to her physical voice, but the advocacy in her WRITING VOICE is kick-ass beautiful and inspires me to keep searching.
That's interesting what the others have said here about writing daily is easier for them. I know of several writing friends (Fran Haley and Kim Johnson, both in this Slice of Life) who write every day and post on their blogs. I'm thinking about doing it this year too. Maybe that is something you will decide to try. I find your writing to be very effective and interesting when I have come to your blog this month. I hope you will continue, and I'm glad you didn't quit when tempted to.
Like Anita, I find it much harder to write once a week than every day, though this year has been a challenge and I've thought about quitting a few times too! I'm so glad you've stuck with it. I hope you're beginning to find your community as a writer as well.
I think most of us have days when writing seems like it is an out of reach process. In an amazing process that I still do not totally understand, when I write every day, it gets easier and easier. I find I look for and find slices in my not really exciting world. I find it MUCH harder to write once a week - then I find the excuses and mantra of not having anything to say overwhelming. Yet, I do look for ward to getting that time back when April arrives!