My school district cancelled school for the day due to "severe weather conditions" (temperatures as cold as -25). This was upsetting at first given the fact that we just got back from winter break, and students have not quite rewired their brains for "learning." Two days just won't cut it, and now that they've had another day off, the whole process will start again.
However, it is the last two days' acclimatization process that provided a change of heart. I already need a break from them, probably as much as they need a break from me. So, I'm enjoying the day. I slept until 7:00 and spent the morning with my wife and girls. I want to write something (besides a blog entry) and I have a few different stories from which to choose. I've made some headway into a story about a guy responsible for changing his church's marquee, but I'm just not feeling that one as much. I think it needs a rewrite, and this feels wrong considering I'm not even finished with the story yet. This is the story I feel I should try to work on, so that I have at least one finished draft. One of author Chuck Wendig's rules for writing is to, "Finish your shit." So as much as I'm not feeling this story anymore, I'm compelled to finish my shit. I also have a story about a teacher moonlighting as a pizza delivery driver, being harassed by his students. Finally, I have a suspense/thriller I'd like to write about a serial killer(s) using garage sales to stalk his/her/their victims. These are the shorter pieces I'm working through. I suppose at this point I should just start writing. Give up the procrastination and hit it hard. Throw as much at the page as I can and be happy with what sticks.
Huzzah for freezing temperatures that drive us back into our dens to hunker down and consider productivity.
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