Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Keep In Touch

So it begins.

I started a story tonight,which is pretty exciting, but, as simple and stupid as it sounds, the actual act of setting aside time to write and actually doing it (read: not working on web pages or grading papers or making tests, etc.) was really very cool. I cranked out 1,300 words of text, all rough, probably crap, but it felt sooooo good.

I'm not really sure where the story is going, but I had to use a line from a friend as the opening. His line was: Feeling guilty just means you have standards. I like that, considering I have a protagonist who is carrying a secret and feels pretty guilty about it. It's a first person story, too, which makes it seem confessional, but,in reality, is based on a whole bunch of people I have met and thought about. The first person is fun, too. I can play in another voice for a while.

The next session will, hopefully, be Thursday.

God, I'm exhausted...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I guess that as adults we forget to take a step outside of our comfort zone and search for what we searched for in our youth. I hope that this step forward helps you find what you are looking for - joy. It is deserved.

A main concern of course is that it is the searching that makes you you. So what do you do then...?