On Writing

Directionless

I'm feeling irritable tonight.  Mostly, I think it has to do with my not being able to come up with the right details to do work on all the story ideas I have.  I'm distracted, my mind is spinning, filtering ideas, trying to come up with the right combinations.   I don't know if I'm just…

Delving Deeper

I did OK today. I did some research for the two-story ideas that I came up with yesterday. But between exercising them working on jewelry orders, I had no time to do anymore planning. I'm really trying to stop the excuses. The more I make them, the deeper the rut seems to get. The bigger…

Filling the Well

We rented Identity last night, with John Cusack and Ray Liotta. It was a great movie! It was another one of those movies the need anything, unmanned, why can't I come up with something like that? The answer to that could be because I don't try. For like a month now, I've been doing these…

In the Mirror

DJR gave me a great idea! When reading a book, he analyzes which techniques the writer uses. It seems so simple, but could be invaluable. One thing I am looking forward to when we have a new place is not having the television in the same room as the computer. That way I can have…

Holding Pattern

My writing has stalled. Even though I made a few breakthroughs in these pages, I still can't seem to focus. And I'm not sure why. I don't know if it's fear, guilt, no ideas, procrastination, or what. But the longer I go without writing, the worse I feel about myself, my talent and my ability…

Pictures of You

I've been so irritable today! Last night, too. The thing is, I don't know why.  It could be the result of our house hunt and the fact we might be moving to Brampton., which sort of crushes my plans of going to York. We had a great couple of days over the weekend at Algonquin….