Let’s call this a Katya-needs-to-get-her-shit-together hiatus, shall we? There are several parts to this... the most straightforward is that I need to be applying for jobs, and I’m getting nowhere. But more importantly, I’m trying to write a novel. All I want to do is be an author. All I want to do. But here’s the thing, Tumblr rp not only takes away time I should be spending on that novel ( or applying for jobs, or reading ), it also encourages a very distinctive style of writing. At least, that’s what I’ve managed to pick up from it. Strange sentence structures, dropped articles, and above all else, an impossibly deep point of view that, for me, bogs down too much. It’s sustainable for rp, but not for a novel.
So I’m going to take a week off. Go cold turkey. I’m not even going to sign on to Tumblr. I’ll be using this time to do lots of reading. Lots of reading. To get back my own writing voice. One that works for noveling. When I return, things will be different. My writing will be different. It will be less pretty, more straight forward. More what you would expect to find in a novel. But I hope it will be better writing for that. A better vocabulary, a more readable sentence structure.
In the meantime, since I won’t be checking Tumblr, I’d love to keep in touch with people. Mutuals should feel free to add me on sk!ype (username: rest.is.silence, name: Katya). Please tell me who you are when you send the request! We can chat, or plot out something wonderful to write when I return. Or just throw back and forth Skype chat rps.
In the meantime, I’ll see you all a week from Wednesday: February 10th. I will likely be archiving and moving this blog upon my return, so stay tuned!