Inspire

In November when I was applying for university I had no idea what I was going to study. Nada. So I was like: "Hey, what about creative writing?" There was this cool program and it looked kind of interesting so I applied for it. A month later I got my acceptance letter. I was thrilled but confused. Was I good enough? Was this what I really wanted to do? What if  they tore me apart? Question after question. Doubt after doubt. Day after day. You get the idea.

Then I had this kind of epiphany last night that everything was going to be okay. It was surreal but just weird. I guess this is what happens when your mind is racing at the speed of light at 2 in the morning. Did I mention I'm an overthinker?

A couple things inspired me this week. The first being this interview:



I really liked his idea of Plan A and putting your all into what you want. :)

The second thing has to do with a book I read during my road trip. I read The Sweetness of Salt by Cecilia Galante. It was really well written and I liked reading the character's perception of life and how she studied something she liked even if she wasn't sure it was right. After I finished the book I found the author's website and I read what she had to say about writing. Sometimes I have a hard time believing that even great authors,no, out of this world authors get turned down. Look at J.K. Rowling. Nobody wanted to publish Harry Potter to begin with. The same Harry Potter that is now a mass grossing book series! Anyways, Cecilia Galante said that she took it all very personal at first. Then she figured out that they weren't saying she was bad. They were saying the story wasn't right. That really resonated with me considering that it's one of my main fears heading into university to study creative writing. Here's the website: http://www.ceciliagalante.com/?page_id=4