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Haven't written anything significant in the past year or so except PR for the theatre. And I'm SICK OF IT!!! I'm a writer. I've got lots of ideas and lots of things to say. Maybe I don't have the time to craft them into a play or poem right now, but come on, I can spare fifteen minutes per day outta my life to write SOMETHING.
So, I've decided, today, to force myself to at the VERY LEAST, write at least one blog entry per day for the next month. I don't know what the hell I'm going to write about. Stream of consciousness? The meal I had for dinner? A poem? Musings about rehearsal? Who knows. But I NEEEEEED to write SOMETHING. Before my head bursts, because I don't want to clean BRAIN off the flimsy cardboard walls of this frathouse masquerading thinly as an apartment building. To brainstorm some essayesque topics: My Crazy Boss Gaslighting and its impact on ME How Facebook Has Improved My Life (no joke) FOOOOOOD and Why i Love it My Life as a Cradle Robber Using Art to Channel Insanity Vixen The Rambunctious Ghosts. I dunno. But I'm trying. Whether I even have an audience is not important - just that I DO something, before press releases, blurbs and ad copy about shows I'm not all that enthusiastic about become all I write. Maybe I'll try my hand at a restaurant review. If anyone reads this, which I'm not really expecting, but if anyone is, TOPICS, more than anything, would be great. I just gotta do thi
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Keep the faith, baby. As someone who struggles with "butt-in-chair-itus" myself I know how frustrating it can be. I HIGHLY recommend William Stafford's essays on writing from "Writing the Australian Crawl." His famous habit, if you do not know, was to get up early, sit near a window and write. He is adamant that "anybody can write everyday if they have standards as low as mine..." And that writing does not come from some resevoir of knowledge, but from the act of finding language, day after day, and following our least little whims which lead us unexpected places. And that if we engage in that PRACTICE -- with faith and w/out the pressure to PRODUCE something WORTHWHILE, eventually some satisfying patterns will emerge.
Carolynne
2/5/2012 06:38:19 am
Thanks for the encouragement, Althea - I have managed to do it before, I should be able to do it again. Just a matter of doing it - GAH. I just feel that I must create "something" (like a play) which I don't really have the time for, but just keeping the engine oiled should be enough for now. Things always emerge from that! :-) Sure, toss me a topic if you feel so moved!
Jamesmason
2/5/2012 03:22:47 am
Indidnt even know you had this blog. I look forward to your writings. I need the inspiration to make more blog posts on mine!
Carolynne
2/5/2012 06:39:55 am
Ha ha, because I've only written in it THREE TIMES since it went up last Feb! My goal is to not make EVERYTHING a rant, but if that's what comes out, that's what comes out - it's actually pretty amazing how much you can write in 15 minutes.
Ralph Fontaine
2/5/2012 03:43:37 am
Great goal! It was the same kind of thing that set Tracy on her "yearofmonths" project after her last birthday. All the topics you mention are great-and can sustain more than one post each. Looking forward to reading the posts!
Carolynne
2/5/2012 06:41:39 am
Thanks Ralph - my feeling is, it's not that hard to do, I just need to make myself DO it. Similar to what Tracy said, I guess, when she started. As above, though, I just hope it's not ALL rants, because I feel I have LOTS of those right now. :-/ but so be it... Leave a Reply. |
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