Book Management

I think there is probably an optimal speed and amount that a person should be reading.  I remember in school when you were assigned something to read, you got it done because you were expected to.  Now that I choose my own reading material (which may or may not be based on things I've been assigned) and set my own deadlines, I've noticed that I don't always finish a book as quickly as I'd like.  I guess this can be strange to say since I don't actually set any deadlines for myself, but you still don't like to feel like you've gone backwards in any way.  I think this happens from some of the larger works that I try to read, but I haven't been able to really blame anything in general so far.  I think I'm going to credit it to poor life management skills.  This may or may not be a smart answer, but I probably won't ever go into that.  The point is, if I make sure I have plenty of time to get things done, then I'm going to be less stressed and enjoy what I'm doing.

Taking Shape

Now that I have several pieces of writing completed for what I have determined to be my slightly new style, I think it's time to complain about it.  I recently decided that it was about time to start working on volume as an asset to my writing.  This means that I'm making descriptions longer, conversations longer, and generally the storyline and scenes are longer.  I'm even dabbling with adding more characters.  Sadly though, the truth is that my new style is pathetically similar to my previous style.  Yes, it is definitely longer, but compared to an extremely brief style that was previously implemented, it is simply not what one would expect from a "more wordy" style.  Fortunately for me, I still enjoy all of the writing that I do and I find myself extremely entertaining.  Sadly for my bank account and future in textbooks, it does not look anything like what one reads in a novel or play or anything else that can be widely found.