What's Up Wednesday

I missed last week, but I'm back:) I know it's Thursday, but I wrote most of this yesterday.

What I'm Reading

I finished a few books since I posted last. They were: Ivanhoe, Moon Over Manifest, Out of My Mind, and Out of the Dust. Moon Over Manifest and Out of the Dust were my favorites out of these. I am still reading Ella Enchanted, because I'm reading it with my sister, and we haven't had much time to read together. I haven't even started reading Amos Fortune again.... I got distracted with books my siblings brought home. So, I am in the process of reading The City of Ember and Island of the Blue Dolphins. Is it bad that I've only been reading children's books? I don't think so:)

What I'm Writing

Well, I got a little bit more of my character bio done:) I also wrote a childhood memory of mine in story form. I wrote my MMC story yesterday and today. I wrote one poem. And I worked on a children's story. So, I think I'm finding an adequate amount of inspiration, compared to last time. I hope to work some more on my children's story, and on my character bio this week.

What Works For Me

I always have to work on the balance between simply starting on writing something, and waiting until I'm ready to write it. Sometimes, it helps me to just begin. If something doesn't work yet, I'll fix it later. But other times, if I'm really excited about an idea that I have and I do start writing it right away, if it doesn't come out the way I want it to no matter how hard I try to fix it, I get discouraged. Sometimes, I won't ever go back and try to work with it again. So, I think that you have to follow your instinct when it comes to writing: Should you start right away, or wait until you're ready? I usually have a feeling about it. I need to learn to trust my instinct.

What Else Is New

I don't think much has changed this week. Which, in my opinion, is a good thing at this time. 



So what's up with you?


auf wiedersehen, darling

-Maddie

What's Up Wednesday

This is a weekly blog hop created by J'aime Morrow and Erin Funk. It's meant to help you if you don't know what else to post. It's pretty cool. Gives me an excuse to tell you about my life;)

**I was supposed to put my link in a widget on J'aime Morrow's blog, but I don't see it:( Not sure if this is a thing that people are still doing, but, hey, I will, anyway.**

So here we go. Each week the questions will be:

What I'm Reading

Well, I just went to the library with my sister yesterday and got some pretty good books, in my opinion. I'm pretty excited about them. I've actually read two if them before, and I started the other one and didn't finish it a couple of years ago, but it's making me happy to have them all at home with me at once.

Isn't that a lovely little stack? I read Ella Enchanted in '12, and my mom read Amos Fortune: Free Man to me and my siblings when we were younger. I started reading Moon Over Manifest in '13, but never finished it. It won the Newberry Medal in 2011, so, yeah, it sounds pretty awesome.

Oh, that reminds me. Only after I got home from the library did I realize that all three of the books that I'd borrowed were Newberry Honor winners. If you even care about that:p

What I'm Writing

Well, I wish I had a better answer for this one, but I'm not currently writing anything. I have written four poems this week (two of which are featured here and here), and I wrote three six word stories, but I am not writing anything right now. I should be finishing the bio for my character so that I will be ready to write that story for Nanowrimo (tell me to do it, so that I'll be motivated).

What Works For Me
(Basically, give a writing tip)

Ummmm.... Well, something that I find really helpful is knowing your end. Usually, when I know what happens in the end of a story that I want to write or am in the process of writing, I can write everything better, and am more motivated to write everything else so that I can get to the end and finish it. So, there's a tip for you that might be kind of obvious:)

What Else Is New

I've been up to a few things, lately. First of all, we went to Kansas City for Labor Day weekend to visit our friends. It was really nice to get to see them again. We also had a family get together at my grandparents' house on Monday, which was fun; we haven't done that in a long time.

Today, I babysat a few kids while their mom taught a Religious Education class, called Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. It was definitely a better job than some others that I've done, but it was still tiring. The kids were cute, though:) And tonight, my younger siblings went to COGS, and my sister and I went to a Religious Ed class for teens. It was pretty fun. I met some new people and got to know others better.

I'm also in the process of enrolling for a CNA course for high schoolers. It is tuition free, and I just have to pay for my books and scrubs and things. I'm pretty excited. Now, I finally have an answer when people ask me what I'm going to do when I graduate!

Also, I've finally updated my about page so that you can better see what kind of person I am. Sorry that it took so long! Sometimes life happens, and you don't get to do the things that you would like to.

So, I hope you've enjoyed this! I have;)


auf wiedersehen, darling

-Maddie