Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Whoever said planning for a wedding is fun LIED THROUGH THEIR TEETH!

Haven't been writing any fiction. I have been writing for my job, and the funny thing is that my writing skills are strong enough in that area for my boss to be confident that I'll send out letters that will get all the necessary and potentially sensitive questions asked to all of the people involved without insulting anyone. So I can still write. Sort of.

Meanwhile, I also bought a book called THE MIND OF YOUR STORY, by Lisa Lenard-Cook. I'm hoping that examining the heart of my story will help me figure out why this one isn't a joy for me to write and why my slow writing has ground to a complete halt.

Now all I have to do is catch up. To remind me of how important catching up and writing is, I've placed some dragons on this page. Whenever anyone finds a reason to visit this blog, the dragons (now eggs that hopefully won't die) will be here. For any one to visit this page, of course, there has to be something worth reading here. And since my own life is not particularly exciting, the something worth reading will most often involve writing. No worries, I am NOT going to use this blog to chart my wedding planning progress. That would only add to the stress.

But I see why people say blogging is good for writers. I try to think about my story often, and I fail miserably to get any farther than regret about not writing. But WRITING about working on my story somehow makes it more possible that I could actually work on the story. Henh.

Succumb to whimsy at some time this month. It'll make you feel good, and everyone else will eventually forget their own shock.

4 comments:

Charles Gramlich said...

Hey, you're getting married? Cool. Congrats. Sometimes stories have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the world. They fight it all the way.

Farrah Rochon said...

I clicked an egg. I hope it hatches.

And I want you to get back to writing FICTION! Please, please, please get back to writing fiction. Would it help if I got on my knees and begged?

Sphinx Ink said...

Hi Roz, I'm glad to see you're posting on your blog again--as far as I can see, you haven't posted anything since January. I didn't know you were getting married, so let me give you my best wishes for much happiness. I'll look for you at the SOLA meeting this month, so you can give me the scoop!

ninthmuse (roz m) said...

Hi, folks! Thanks for peeking in. I've got some ideas stirring in my head (*coughDRACONIScough), so hopefully my latest story will get going again pretty soon! Yes, I say that all the time. But no fatalism! March on!