Happy One Year Anniversary

Well, here we are. It's been one year since I started The Writings of Luke Reynolds, and it's kind of hard to believe. The last part of 2015 and most of 2016 have flown by in the blink of an eye, and today, August 5th, is the day that I decided to shut down my normal swell of indecision and just write something other than novels. Although I've mostly done reviews for books, music, and anime, I've also tried to do things more random, such as a scathing post on how to make romance work well (most of which I still stand by, but there's one I'm a little more lenient on if you've been following my work outside of the main books I've been writing) and glimpses into how I crafted those novels that I appreciate so much. 21 posts have been published so far with this being the 22nd, and although most of those are from last year, it's still pretty incredible to see all of the things I've written for this blog. The books I've read, the shows I've watched, the music I've listened to, but, especially, all the thoughts that came with those that I normally scream about to myself and tell my brother I decided to write up here on this blog. It's been pretty surreal how I divided time between this and other stuff and to see this little thing grow. It's incredible that I've been doing this for a year, and I'm so happy I stuck with this and didn't give up.

Of course, there was that lull period where I struggled to write anything. Some of that is to be expected, of course: I'm still in school and have to deal with all the homework. I also have other things I write, including novels, fanfiction, songs, and the occasional sporadic poem. However, most of that can be attributed to a lack of inspiration. Everything piled on top of everything and I just felt drained to the point where I was scrolling through my phone or pacing around my basement with my thoughts in tangles. The reason I write this blog is to get my thoughts out there, but there were times where it felt more like a chore than something fun, which is something I never want to talk about with writing (although my personal stuff never feels that way, if I'm being completely honest). That's why I had to close the tab, write some more of a novel, do AP European History reading so I could prepare for the exam (which I passed, yay!), and just take a break from the computer and breathe.

However, I had an epiphany while writing my Kiznaiver review, which was an anime series that I really enjoyed. This came in two parts: the first that I realized more recently, the second which has been building for a while that is so close to falling off my tongue and being out in the open. I'd like to share both and discuss as to how they're going to help me as this blog continues.