Re-Mission from God
Edy signed us up for a “Writership” program last month.
I was initially excited about delving into my writing a bit deeper,
but was quickly reminded why I’ve not posted here for some time now. This blog
began as an exercise to keep my creative juices flowing and also allow me to use
my photographs to “instill beauty” on a regular basis as my “day job” was in remission.
Thankfully Edy mandated I write daily and add photos at will.
This formula worked pretty well for a while. I noticed that
I seemed to always have a list of topics; yet other topics started poking their heads up
and started poking louder and harder to the point where I just stopped writing
altogether to make them “shut up”. It seems I had hit a wall.
I’m not entirely sure what this wall is all about. Part of
it has to do with completing the few dozen actual short stories I have outlined.
Another part has to do with topics that feel too fragile and raw to actually
put to paper. Fortunately the muses seem to keep me inspired on all fronts
regardless of my feelings that there is no audience for anything that comes
forth. We’ll see.
Writership is going to take commitment of time and energy
which is fine. I’ve spent decades “on a mission” on the development-design-build
front and feel ok with making the time to do this too. I have had to come to
terms with my 7th grade English and no longer have “staff” to cover
mistakes that neither Grammar Check nor Spell Check can hide. (although they help tremendously)
I’ve been able to go through a couple dozen outlines of
short stories and have selected eight to concentrate on more deeply. I hope to finish
at least one by the end of this year and get it published somewhere. I have no
idea where that could possibly be. (not Facebook)
So, stay tuned. If
you start to notice proper comma usage, you’ll know.
I’m on a Re-mission!
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