Breakthrough! I did some honest to goodness writing this week. I did not just mull over ideas or analyze plot angles, which is the gear (freudian typo: fear) I’ve been stuck in for far too long. I have a hard time quieting the perfectionist who resides in my head. I’m working on that. What worked for me, in this instance,was to put on music that I knew would inspire some thoughts/emotions for what I wanted to write. These were not my thoughts or emotions mind you, I once in a while engage in a bit of Method acting when I write. That’s the best way I can describe the process for myself. I need to try on the dialogue, the thoughts and see if they feel genuine to the character or not. It’s not easy but I like the writing that results from the process. This is not always the way I write but sometimes when I feel stuck it helps get some thoughts flowing.

I let myself believe in the dream that “one day” I will magically have time to finish all the works I’ve started.

As I was sitting on the couch with my napping puppy, Yoda, I came to the realization that the dream will never become reality. No, I must ‘make’ time to write. Of course this idea is not revolutionary, simply truthful. I will not need to alter the universe’s space-time fabric to accomplish this. I simply need to replace some of the time I now waste on junk with a pursuit that gives me some intellectual satisfaction.

Will I ever get published or make money at it ? I honestly do not care. I simply want to be great at the craft of writing. To do that, I need to regularly practice the craft or at least hammer away at ideas. I hope this blog will help with that.

Where things get complicated is that some of my best ideas have come from working to a deadline but some of what I think are my best lines have come from that classic cliche — thin air. It is my hope that I can make the two ‘modes’ of my writing meet more often.