This was a draft post I never finished. Thought I may as well publish it!
Finishing the last of my major exams, (well, I still have two German exams, but let's forget about them. I'm not incredibly gifted at languages)has made me think about the future. I'm aiming for a really academic sixth form next year; fingers crossed I can take up my place next year (need the grades first!) But after that? No idea. I do know that I want to go to university and study something that isn't science or maths; those doors are closed, anyway. But I have no idea of where I want to do with the degree (which will now cost me at least £27,000 for a full course, btw.)
I shouldn't really be worrying about this now. I'm 16 and should be out enjoying myself instead of living in the future. But I just feel that I should know what I want; if I do, I can try my best to get it. It seems that all the greatest people started young, and had loads of experience; I want to be one of those people! Ever since I was born I've been ambitious; I remember being absolutely convinced at the age of ten that I could sell the novel I'd just written (150 A4 pages) to a publisher. I bought magazines about writing with my own money, downloaded podcasts that advised me on how best to plot and track character development, and formatted my 'novel' correctly for a publishing house (double spaced, page numbers, footnotes, indexes) on the family computer. Of course, I never actually sent it off, but I remember wanting so badly to be the youngest author ever published.
And now, I really want to have that dream job. One where I love every minute; but I don't know what yet. I'm liking the idea of working in the media at the moment.
Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Monday, 13 June 2011
Shiny new blog...
Hi! I'm Lily! :)
So. I have a new blog. A shiny, spanking new one. (ha. Spanking.) The title isn't brilliant, but I just had the urge to write something and the title and web address was just something getting in the way of this white box just ready to be filled up with words. (Deep, yes?)
So. The reason I have decided to create this fourth blog (one of the others was a personal recipe blog so I could save things to make later; needless to say, I only made one dish on the list) was so I could have a nice little outlet to say what I need to say, and write what I need to write.
This post may not be entirely coherent (or at all coherent) as I am writing this at 11:26pm the night before I really need to blitz my Biology revision tomorrow. I am running on excitement for writing for once in an extremely long time, and also awoken by disgust at my convoluted sentences. Yes. Shut up now, Lily.
Oh God (if I believed in you), I've now moved into using the third person to address myself. It's the influence of my multiple personalities (my friends in the 'blogosphere', Raina and Zoë, will know exactly what I'm talking about.)
ANYWAY. So many things to write about, no word limit except the one I should impose on myself for the good of the common man/woman/child, this may go on for a long time! I need structure or I'll never stop. I've learnt this from having to ask for two booklets of extra paper in exams, and by writing double the word limit in English essays (which I then have to indiscriminately edit, which makes me sad.) The skill of writing concisely has always been slightly lost on me...
So. From this opening post, I understand if you run far away and never want to read anything I write ever again. It will be long-winded and slightly jumpy because that's generally how my brain is. I have brief obsessions, and then I move on. However, there's no time for interests or obsessions in exam season. Oh no. Never. Never ever ever.
On the bright side, three exams left! Then prom! Then after prom! Then the longest summer known to man! (apart from uni summers, of course.) YES.
So. I have a new blog. A shiny, spanking new one. (ha. Spanking.) The title isn't brilliant, but I just had the urge to write something and the title and web address was just something getting in the way of this white box just ready to be filled up with words. (Deep, yes?)
So. The reason I have decided to create this fourth blog (one of the others was a personal recipe blog so I could save things to make later; needless to say, I only made one dish on the list) was so I could have a nice little outlet to say what I need to say, and write what I need to write.
This post may not be entirely coherent (or at all coherent) as I am writing this at 11:26pm the night before I really need to blitz my Biology revision tomorrow. I am running on excitement for writing for once in an extremely long time, and also awoken by disgust at my convoluted sentences. Yes. Shut up now, Lily.
Oh God (if I believed in you), I've now moved into using the third person to address myself. It's the influence of my multiple personalities (my friends in the 'blogosphere', Raina and Zoë, will know exactly what I'm talking about.)
ANYWAY. So many things to write about, no word limit except the one I should impose on myself for the good of the common man/woman/child, this may go on for a long time! I need structure or I'll never stop. I've learnt this from having to ask for two booklets of extra paper in exams, and by writing double the word limit in English essays (which I then have to indiscriminately edit, which makes me sad.) The skill of writing concisely has always been slightly lost on me...
So. From this opening post, I understand if you run far away and never want to read anything I write ever again. It will be long-winded and slightly jumpy because that's generally how my brain is. I have brief obsessions, and then I move on. However, there's no time for interests or obsessions in exam season. Oh no. Never. Never ever ever.
On the bright side, three exams left! Then prom! Then after prom! Then the longest summer known to man! (apart from uni summers, of course.) YES.
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