Painting a Picture
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Ongoing5m
Last published Sun, Jan 15, 2017
My creativity is strange. It works in spikes. One moment I have no motivation, and just drag myself along through life, but the next I'm bounding off the walls with ideas, creativity, and enthusiasm. However, these spikes are far apart, which is why I have so many books that are so short and unfinished. Because every book is a creativity and determination spike... but my enthusiasm only lasts so long. After my 'spike' I will go back to my low point of feeling like I don't want to do much of anything. That's how my creativity works... but I'm sick of making so many books about so many things that I'm combining all of my crazy creativity spikes into one book.
It will be about me, about what I think, about what I feel, and just about me in general. Maybe a poem or two sprinkled in, or a short story if i feel like it. Who knows?
Ah, and why the title? Simple, I like it.
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