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Somedays words just flow like a river and some days it is a freaking desert looking to the sky for a few drops of water. one of the most challenging part of writing is to keep the content fresh and avoiding repeating the same thing again. Good writing is when you are able to write the same thing in a way that doesn't seem like the same thing. I hope someday I can master that skill, most days my thoughts are repetitive and each time I have trouble writing I seem to start with the same thing over and over again, but that just makes it boring both to write and to read, hence the need to be able to write better and more creatively. Perhaps I should take it as a good thing as it probably will help in sharpening my writing skills. 

Yesterday I wrote about something very personal and something very traumatic, I almost cried writing about it. I showed it to my sister and she too cried reading it, I felt bad that she cried but at the same time it was reassuring that my writing was able to elicit an emotional response from her. the trouble is I don't know if it is because of our relationship that she was able to relate so much, so I am thinking of showing my work to someone else to see how it is, and sort of assess it. I think I need a relatively more objective opinion on my writing. I do think I have someone trustworthy to show it to, just hope they are ready and willing enough to help me out in this exercise.

This also means taking it one step further, showing my work to someone for an assessment of sorts is a sign of taking the writing further, I only hope that I am able to take the feedback in a positive manner and help improve myself rather than fell low about it. I think the important thing to bear in mind is that this is only the beginning, and it will get better gradually. 

I am currently listening to the background music of Outlander, it suits the setting very well, especially the music from the first season, I am sitting in a room where I can see so much of greenery as I am writing this, I almost feel like I am in 18th century Scotland, in the world of Outlander (if I can ignore the concrete that is embedded in the greenery perhaps). It has been one of my favourite shows, I do think certain subjects have been really dealt with well. I especially like it because it was written by a woman and has a woman protagonist, along with the beautiful scenery in it and needless to say the music.When I listen to the music I feel a certain nostalgia toward outlander and feel like watching it again, but I don't want to do that, at least not now, I shall save it fora rainy day perhaps. 

I must get on with the rest of tasks for the day so I shall stop rambling for now and get to it. 

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