College and Writing

At times when it comes down to writing, I find myself struggling, both creatively and academically. When I struggle with creative writing, it takes a toll on my academic writing, and the same goes for my academic writing taking a toll on my creative writing. As the semester draws to the close, I'm finding myself cramming in last minute papers and doing them in a poorly manner of writing. It isn't that I mean to do this, but it is mainly because I often get too caught up in an idea that I want to work on, rather than focusing on coursework.

Within my college years, I have worked on improving my procrastination, but I still prefer typing something creative, rather than study or write a 8 page essay on a chapter in Milton's Paradise Lost. It isn't that I don't mind the course work, I just often feel that being an English major can get quite hectic with all of the outside coursework- and can sometimes take away my creativity with essays, poetry, and research papers. I often want to give up; although,  that is never the case. What I do in these  situations is write.

Writing can help relieve stress from coursework, but that doesn't help me get back on track of the coursework; except it does take a load of stress off of my shoulders. Writing frees my mind and also can inspire me at times to write 8 page papers on Milton's Paradise Lost and/or any other assignment given to me.  Writing can sometimes allow me to do better with coursework, but at other times it can be distracting as well. I am trying to allow writing inspire/motivate me more, but I think it'll take time and practice at doing so.