Friday, April 25, 2008

Out of Gas

The one thing that I can think of today is the interesting parallel between the difficulty that I have beginning a paper and the difficult I had beginning the mix tape.

I think the content in the middle comes into play much easier - but starting out (and sometimes ending) has been always been a bit tougher. Perhaps this is true not just in writing, but in other forms of language and the arts.

7 comments:

Molly Elizabeth said...

Agreed. Once you get started, the flow takes over and everything becomes much easier. The hardest part for me was the absolute beginning, which included picking a theme and then the songs to put on the CD. I would qualify the middle part of this process as starting to order all the songs.

Malarie Jesse said...

I agree. The first song is so important because it sets the tone for the whole CD, kind of like an intro to a paper sets the tone. Once you get that down though, the rest kind of falls into place.

Mary Habschmidt said...

I agree as well. Even the beginning to the beginning, such as who you are making the CD for was difficult for me. But once I chose my grandpa, I knew the message I wanted to get across so things could flow more easily.

Alex said...

Definately agree. I changed the starting song on my mix tape a good five or six times. It was hard to single one out.

Scott said...

I have the same experiences and it is the hardest part in writing. It is the most crucial step in the process because the more time you spend on it, the better your finished product will be.

John said...

I feel that way too. The first and last songs are harder to choose because people put more importance on them and it sort of kick starts the CD.

Josh said...

I think that the beginning is the toughest. I have always found it most difficult to begin the learning of a language than to advance my knowledge of it once it has started. Also the beginning of the mixtape was the most difficult for me, I felt that once the beginning was done that it wasnt too difficult to put the middle songs together and once all that was done the end just fell into place.