#Reverb10: Moment

December 3 – Moment
Pick one moment during which you felt most alive this year. Describe it in vivid detail (texture, smells, voices, noises, colors). (Author: Ali Edwards)

There are so many moments I can pick that happened this year, but I'm going to pick something that happened recently.

I'm going to choose when I had my play read out loud. It was an amazing experience and a wonderful feeling to have people "perform" your work the way you intended it. At first I was a little iffy on playwriting, but when I heard my readers read my work out loud and people respond to it the way I wanted them to, being told that I was a good writer during the time I needed to hear it the most. It was just a wonderful experience. It was such a fun, but challenging experience that I'm taking the next series in the playwriting classes. I can't wait!

This experience just uplifted the whole week for me. I had a great day at work the next day, a wonderful and hilarious workshop the next day, and a great lunch with new friends.

#Reverb10: Writing

December 2 – Writing.
What do you do each day that doesn’t contribute to your writing — and can you eliminate it? (Author: Leo Babauta)

My biggest vices are reading blogs, web comics, and going on facebook. I can minimize these activities, but I don't think it would be worth it to eliminate them. The blogs I read are agent and publishing blogs and my friend's blogs. I keep in contact with all my friends through facebook and web comics are just fun to read. I also watch a lot of television, travel channel and food network mostly. Granted the only things I do outside of these things are reading, going to class, doing homework, I don't think it's all that bad. I will try to limit it more, especially since I have to work now. I should spend majority of my time writing, but I need a break at some points in time. I will make more time to write and read for sure, but I also want to have a life outside of that. 

#Reverb10: One Word

The prompt:  
December 1 - One Word.
Encapsulate the year 2010 in one word. Explain why you’re choosing that word. Now, imagine it’s one year from today, what would you like the word to be that captures 2011 for you?
(Author: Gwen Bell)

 One word that encapsulates the year 2010 for me is Amazing. This has been a great year for me. School has been so much better and less stressful. I changed my major last year and decided to go for creative writing because there were no jobs and I wasn't sure what I wanted to do just yet. I decided that since I've been trying to at least minor in creative writing, I had enough classes to just do a double major in creative writing and psychology. It has been the best choice I have ever made and I don't regret it for a second.

Now I'm about to graduate next quarter and go on to grad school and for the next year, I want the word to be Fulfilling. I chose this word because I will have completed another phase in my life and moved on to a new phase. By this time next year, I'll be two semesters into graduate school and working somewhere and writing and just enjoying life..