Writing Wednesday
Starting tonight for the next 8 weeks I am committing to 3 hours of writing from 7-10pm. I've enrolled myself in my own writer's workshop. I just realized I should have charged myself a fee. Telling you and failing is public humiliation so that is a good incentive. I locked myself in my room with a pen, paper and a mirror. I get my best material from talking to a mirror. I bounce ideas off myself. I am the best audience member.
Part of my session will be for this blog. I hit the point of frustration when I saw the days go by with no posts and no ideas. I couldn't just write on the whim "this was my day" blog junk, I needed to focus. I say I like writing, I have dreams about writing one woman shows, books, comedy but as of late they are simply words and not actions.
I turned myself around on Monday when I had one of the worst days filled with problems from all corners of the universe. I sat with myself and decided that even though most of my life circumstances are not going to change right now, I still can take positive action to make parts of my life better. I went to watch the sunset and wrote in my journal which of course was soothing to my soul. I wrote out a funny story last night and I could feel my whole attitude shift. If this 8 weeks produces only a retreat for myself so be it.
Other parts of my writing session will be creative material. I am not going to be specific because then I'll feel trapped and I just want to be creative. I want to create the process and enjoy it. I have never been good at the process. Take writing essays for example. There is an outline, another outline, 1st draft, 2nd maybe 3rd and final. My version is more like, here are some word ideas, here are some sentences, here is a paper!! I had the big idea and I just wanted to write. This leads to painful editing sessions and massive confusion of my point. Another example, I am playing the piano again, but I want the song to sound like the song right away not practice to get all the notes right. There I go rushing to the end instead of enjoying the journey. One final example dating, I hate this whole you're interested, oh wait you have to seem busy and not desperate, but show interest. Text but not call....Do you like me or what?!?! process. I usually follow steps and directions quiet well when they are short and easy. I have some writing prompts and a guidebook for speeches and comedy material so I have my "teachers". This 8 weeks will produce something, a processed, refined hopefully really funny something or somethings!
Part of my session will be for this blog. I hit the point of frustration when I saw the days go by with no posts and no ideas. I couldn't just write on the whim "this was my day" blog junk, I needed to focus. I say I like writing, I have dreams about writing one woman shows, books, comedy but as of late they are simply words and not actions.
I turned myself around on Monday when I had one of the worst days filled with problems from all corners of the universe. I sat with myself and decided that even though most of my life circumstances are not going to change right now, I still can take positive action to make parts of my life better. I went to watch the sunset and wrote in my journal which of course was soothing to my soul. I wrote out a funny story last night and I could feel my whole attitude shift. If this 8 weeks produces only a retreat for myself so be it.
Other parts of my writing session will be creative material. I am not going to be specific because then I'll feel trapped and I just want to be creative. I want to create the process and enjoy it. I have never been good at the process. Take writing essays for example. There is an outline, another outline, 1st draft, 2nd maybe 3rd and final. My version is more like, here are some word ideas, here are some sentences, here is a paper!! I had the big idea and I just wanted to write. This leads to painful editing sessions and massive confusion of my point. Another example, I am playing the piano again, but I want the song to sound like the song right away not practice to get all the notes right. There I go rushing to the end instead of enjoying the journey. One final example dating, I hate this whole you're interested, oh wait you have to seem busy and not desperate, but show interest. Text but not call....Do you like me or what?!?! process. I usually follow steps and directions quiet well when they are short and easy. I have some writing prompts and a guidebook for speeches and comedy material so I have my "teachers". This 8 weeks will produce something, a processed, refined hopefully really funny something or somethings!