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Blog 10
(I hope I am writing about the right topic). “Unjournaling” seems like a lot of fun. However, I find myself a little apprehensive about getting into this book. I do not know why. In the introduction, I found the words, “writing prompts”. Man! Somehow I think I am going to have a problem with receiving some prompt or some starting point from where I begin to create something somewhat sensible. Well, I hadn’t done any of this stuff yet, but I feel like my writing process doesn’t work that way.
Alright! I know I can see the little exercises in the book as fun, little challenging games, kind of like poking at a piñata that you cannot see. But I cannot help but sift through the pages, trying to deduce some way of demonstrating my ability at beating the book. I look at everything as some test—it is just one of m hang-ups.
I personally had taken a couple of drama classes when I lived in N.Y.C. a while back. We (class) were always facing new and unpredictable little acting challenges every day. I felt sick sometimes because I felt like I would make a fool out of myself. I just went with the flow every time, though, and everything was fine. I remember one instructor told us that we have no reason about being ashamed of acting any part; after all, that’s all we are doing—acting. I look at this writing class quite the same way, because I feel that feeling of being exposed with every little exercise we do in class.