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And why it is still my career path By: Savannah Garrison Writing is intimately intertwined in every facet of my life. I wake up and go to work as an intern technical writer where I assist a logistics team edit manuals and training materials. In the evenings, I commute to the University of Baltimore where I am an English Professional Writing undergraduate dually pursuing a Master’s degree in Publications Design. Practically every assignment handed out by my professors involves writing of various genres, word count, and page length. Although writing is integral to my life, it has also become the bane of my existence. Why would anyone choose to write as their profession? My Dream My life revolves around writing. While writing has ruined my life, it has also changed my life. - love, and for many other moments. My parents and family members read to me when I was a toddler and reading which has developed into an infatuation with words in general. I plan on plastering quotes and and sayings. My passion for writing and reading have culminated into my dream of one day opening and owning my very own bookstore. When you walk inside the doors, it will be as if you have stepped inside the pages of a book. I envision that quotations from my favorite authors and stories will decorate the walls, and every person who walks inside will sense my love for words like a palpable cloud. Without Words count requirement, I make it about 150 words in - approximately where I am right now in this post - before all of the vocabulary I have accumulated run like wild stallions out of my mind, and ideas cease motif found in two novels, or a lab report. Writer’s block is single handedly the worst aspect of being a Usually that battle involves nothing intellectual. For me, it can be broken by moving away from my work, - there. Sometimes it is. Sometimes it is not. It is truly a gamble, and I do not like taking risks. Author Neil Gaiman had another suggestion that I have also found useful. “Put it aside for a few days, or longer, just me) as if you’ve never seen it before. Start at the beginning. Scribble on the manuscript as you go about it and know what the next few words are. And you do it all one word at a time.” To Sleep or Not to Sleep As a night owl, maybe it is my fault that my best work is always produced at night. But I still 18
lame writing. If my academic career, and therefore my future livelihood, did not depend on writing For example, two semesters ago I had both an essay for a Shakespeare class and a biology lab report due on a Monday. I went away for the weekend to celebrate my friend’s birthday so, as you can guess, I did not touch those assignments. Sunday night rolls around, and I slave over those two papers until 5:30 am. Unfortunately, I had to go to work that Monday, so I took a 30-minute power nap, made myself a cup of to work a half day and then go home. I quickly passed out on my couch for three hours and then readied myself for an evening class. Sleep is extremely important to me, so I am not the happiest of campers when Moving in Slow Motion Time. What an interesting little beasty. As I take my crisscross, applesauce position in front of my laptop, assignment bouncing around in my head, time decides to be a little cheeky with me. I type up all the necessary information, name, class, professor, date, assignment name, into the upper right-hand to write, and it is no respecter of genre. Regardless if the writing is for school or my job or personal work I cannot seem to turn up the dial on my speed of putting thoughts to paper. One possible explanation the best technique for writing, but it has managed to see me through high school as valedictorian, maintain a 4.0 in college, and land a sweet internship. - grow on me, and I am sure it will eventually become a part of my writing habits. A second factor of my inability to master time is distraction. I do not like sitting in silence, so I almost always have either music deterrent from the project at hand. Both of these pieces contribute to the writer I have become. Savannah Garrison is a senior majoring in English Professional Writing and minoring in Business Management. She is currently on track to graduate in May 2017, and will transition to a full-time technical writer position at AASKI Technology where she has been an intern since May of 2015. In the future, she plans on working her way into the world of editing and publishing and eventually has dreams of opening up her own bookstore. Its not just a shoe. 19
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