Unstuck by Barbara Dee

Author:Barbara Dee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2024-02-27T00:00:00+00:00

“Time,” Ms. Bowman says.

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Woohoo, another exciting installment of free writing!!! Three days in a row of this, so maybe ELA will just be free writing forever??? I’m keeping my pen moving like we’re supposed to, but tbh I’m not sure what the point is keep writing. I mean when you write a book or a story or a college essay you need to choose every word super carefully. So seriously, what are we accomplishing with this technique or strategy or whatever we’re supposed to call it? Here are some more words on this page. I wonder if I’ll ever do any of the stuff Ms. Bowman suggested if I feel stuck—breathe, jump, go to the library. The breathing and jumping seem pretty random, really. And if I go to the library I’ll probably get distracted by all the books and just start reading to disappear. Although possibly the books will give me ideas??? That’s what Ms. Bowman told me once. But the truth is I don’t need ideas. Ideas are not the problem!! So what is? Keep writing keep writing. I don’t know, but it’s like I have too many people in my head—Ms. Bowman, Stella, Noah, Dahlia, my parents, all the judges in the writing contest, even Daniel Chen (which I know is sort of nuts). And I can’t stop imagining all their opinions & feedback & criticism. Because if they don’t think I’m a talented writer, then what AM I talented at???

And I guess mostly I’m thinking about Rania & her new friends, the way I kept bragging about my story & couldn’t shut up. Bleh. I should have just told Rania about it in private, not that we ever get to be in private anymore. It’s not like I think her friends are writing experts, but if I don’t win the contest they’ll think I’m a jerk. Which I guess they think now anyway. And maybe Rania will be embarrassed to be friends with me? Though I have the feeling she already is.

The other thing is that I know the story in my head is amazing but what if it’s too complicated to get it on paper? Or just too complicated for ME. Also I keep thinking about all the books I love like The Lightning Thief and The City of Ember and The Girl Who Drank the Moon and compared to those, everything I write feels boring and babyish. And obviously I’m in seventh grade, so it’s not like I’m competing with all those published authors!!! But my dream job is to be a writer one day, so it’s EXTREMELY IMPORTANT to

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