So, after the madness of Freshers Week, today was my first official day as an English Literature student at university! Thanks to a hugely inspiring seminar (one that, due to now resolved timetabling issues I was nearly an hour late for, but still) it was also the day I fell back in love with just writing, anything and everything, for no reason at all.
I am a planner. I am an obsessive planner. I plan my lists; I plan how I will plan to plan; you can imagine, then, how meticulously I plan my writing. So today, when we were told to just 'freewrite' on a certain theme for 5/10 minutes, my first reaction was - panic. I cannot do this. I have to plan. However, after thinking for a minute, I was surprised at how easy it came...in the ultimate cheesy expression, the words were flowing from my pen faster than I could keep up with them. Granted, what I produced was hardly gold dust, but the point is that I did it. I wrote something, without planning, and that is a major achievement for me.
This was only my first seminar - like the nerd that I am, I am excited to see what the others will bring! Hopefully, they will be just as successful; just as inspiring.
Watch this space ;)
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