Hard decision...

[alexpgp]

I could not help but notice that this is the week to declare one's participation in Season 6 of therealljidol.

It's easy enough to come up with reasons to participate, and with other reasons not to. And like any really good reasons, the arguments are double-edged.

For example, one of the primary reasons to participate again is that Season 5 left me with about 30,000 words of material that I wouldn't have written otherwise; Season 6 would add to that number. However, allowing the sword to cut in the opposite direction, the question arises: "What kind of writer are you if you can't work up the discipline on your own to sit down and write on a regular basis? Do you really need someone - an outside agency - to assign a topic and a deadline?"

There is a counter-counterargument - which starts with "No" followed immediately with "but..." - and there are other reasons (with their respective arguments pro and con), but I've got almost 1,900 source words that require translation now, and so I shall have to defer making any decision until later. My understanding is that today was the first day of "declaration week," so there is some time, at least.

As of now, I feel the pros and cons of throwing my hat into the ring are about equally balanced.

Cheers...

Comments

[rejeneration.livejournal.com]

Do ittttt, do itttttt! Cave to my pressure. -grin-

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

I tell you, it's a pretty wild ride. One minute, I'm musing "I can do this!" and the next it's, like, "Are you out of your mind?"

Thanks for the encouragement. I seem to recall seeing your hat lying around somewhere, inside a ring, if memory serves.

Cheers...

[tamaraland.livejournal.com]

I find that having that outside designation of a topic and deadline puts me more in the mindset for writing overall. When I have a topic and a deadline, I tend to think more about all kinds of things to write about, keep better notes on things I want to consider later, and manage my time better so I have the time I need to write.

[furzicle.livejournal.com]

emo_snal or emosnail or whatever he is going by these days is encouraging me to join. To write, to read other people's good writing is good. Dealing with the social aspects of the game is bad and not something I want cluttering my life. But maybe I will do it, in spite of having virtually no friends who would want to vote for me. It's very true, having a prompt and an audience are much more conducive to the writing process than not having those things.