Spring Cleaning
I've been doing some "spring cleaning" with my writing the past week or so. Having spent the past 3 months away from home (a great source of material for writing!!), I had a lot to update on my printed versions of my poetry and essays. I've been redoing a lot of the paperwork, not just on making clean copies, but also updating the database and all. I've restructured 2 collections, done away with a couple of others, and regrouped certain poems to see if they might form the basis for a new collection.
I actually am not much of a detail person, and usually hate taking time to look into all of this kind of thing. But it seems to me that it has been a very good exercise this time around, and it is helping my work to take better shape. It is looking better, at the moment (though there is still a bit more work to do). Most importantly, it helps get it all organized in my head when it is more orderly on my desk.
It isn't my favorite part of writing, but the discipline is well worth the time invested.
