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Writing for School.
Oct. 17th, 2009 01:38 am![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
i-arr-pirate.livejournal.comWe were just recently assigned to do a 5-10 page short story in my English class, and I was wondering: Does anyone else feel pressure when it comes to writing as schoolwork? :/
There's so many things that weigh down on me when I'm writing anything for school. Especially for this assignment in particular.
a.) It has to be as flawless as I would make any of my personal stories. I always keep a dictionary and thesaurus at hand, triple-check my words, and proofread like a mad woman. And I do this even when I know my classmates are just writing with a detached: "Joe ran. He likes to run. It felt awesome. The end."
b.) The deadline always freaks me out. I mean, I've never finished a story that wasn't for school. NEVER! D:> For our short story, we had about three days to write a rough draft and only ONE to write down the summary. Which to some is fine, but I hadn't even thought of a decent plot line. And I knew I'd have to use up my personal time to research some satisfactory names, plot-hole fillers, etc.
The final draft is due Monday (we got lucky because a power-outage destroyed a lot of the work we did in school) but I'm pretty much done. The only reason I managed to finish so much, though, is because I took it home and worked on it there. And if you knew me, you'd know it's incredibly out of character for me to do ANY SCHOOLWORK at home, much less DAYS before the due date. My mom was verbally aghast: "You did something without waiting to the last minute?!"
But nevertheless, I feel frustrated that I could've just written it like my classmates did, but couldn't bring myself to do so. And the worst part, I don't even want to be a writer when I grow up! It's just something I do passively in my spare time! It's crazy! x'D
So basically, I'm just curious. Does anyone else do this as well? Are you able to make yourself write like an regular person, or do you obsess over every word? If you do, is it out of pride or just because you can't bring yourself not to? Do you write better or worse when under pressure?
There's so many things that weigh down on me when I'm writing anything for school. Especially for this assignment in particular.
a.) It has to be as flawless as I would make any of my personal stories. I always keep a dictionary and thesaurus at hand, triple-check my words, and proofread like a mad woman. And I do this even when I know my classmates are just writing with a detached: "Joe ran. He likes to run. It felt awesome. The end."
b.) The deadline always freaks me out. I mean, I've never finished a story that wasn't for school. NEVER! D:> For our short story, we had about three days to write a rough draft and only ONE to write down the summary. Which to some is fine, but I hadn't even thought of a decent plot line. And I knew I'd have to use up my personal time to research some satisfactory names, plot-hole fillers, etc.
The final draft is due Monday (we got lucky because a power-outage destroyed a lot of the work we did in school) but I'm pretty much done. The only reason I managed to finish so much, though, is because I took it home and worked on it there. And if you knew me, you'd know it's incredibly out of character for me to do ANY SCHOOLWORK at home, much less DAYS before the due date. My mom was verbally aghast: "You did something without waiting to the last minute?!"
But nevertheless, I feel frustrated that I could've just written it like my classmates did, but couldn't bring myself to do so. And the worst part, I don't even want to be a writer when I grow up! It's just something I do passively in my spare time! It's crazy! x'D
So basically, I'm just curious. Does anyone else do this as well? Are you able to make yourself write like an regular person, or do you obsess over every word? If you do, is it out of pride or just because you can't bring yourself not to? Do you write better or worse when under pressure?
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