Rehab

Dear whomever may be reading this,

Writing this somehow feels monumental, because in the time that I've had this blog I've strayed away from being personal except indirectly through my writing. Yet this moment calls for a personal address of sorts.

So many things have happened to me and my writing lately yet I've been so terribly neglecting of this site and my writing in general.

Last summer I spent the a whole month in Valencia, CA at the State Summer School of the Arts. It was life changing, it made me write more than I ever had before, it taught me things about writing I'd never considered, and it made me friends I will treasure for a lifetime. But like most summers, it was fleeting, and when I came back I went back to my old ways of not writing nearly as much as I should.

It probably didn't help that I'm taking 5 AP classes this year. This February I was estatic to be honored by the CA Writing Awards with a Silver Key for my Senior Portfolio, and there was a whole lovely event in LA which my Drama Teacher--himself a playwright--so graciously took me and my grandmother to. The result of it? I felt like a big hypocrite for not having any creative output this far since last summer, and have resolved to start writing...anything at all really.

Last summer at CSSSA many guest speakers came and talked about writing, about getting published, about MFAs... But what stuck with me the most was how one speaker said that everyone has 10,000 pages of crap inside of them that has to come out before one can truly begin writing one's best.

So now I guess I'm going into rehab of some sorts. I'm realizing that in order for me to function as a person instead of a zombie, I need to plunge further into my faith and I need to get my pen moving. It might take a while for my body and soul to mesh once more, but I'm realizing once again that my faith and writing are integral parts of my being.

In essence, this is a statement saying that I'm going to start moving my pen again=) No matter how busy I am with an upcoming school play or a statewide Env-Sci competition coming up, I cannot let any circumstance in life make me deviate from who I am and what I love. I hope this inspires you to make a change in your life too.

p.s: my plans for this site are thus far this:

1) to gradually edit the "Boston Vignettes" and reorganize pieces individually
2) to post a few scenes I wrote over the summer
3) to start some new projects while freewriting everyday, though what about I'm delighted to say I have no idea thus far

with love,

Aileen