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I'll Make It Free
Oct. 14th, 2002 10:13 am
Hey there, all...
This weekend was more or less uneventful. As Mercury and Saturn are coming out of retrograde, all of the chaos and miscommunication of the past few months seem to be clearing out, with pretty decent results. Odis and I have come to a greater understanding of things in general, Odis and Joey seem to have patched things up a bit (!!!! :D !!!!), and my turbulent mood has calmed down some. Work has been pretty good to me last week; we did about $250 in sales (I think that's the most we've managed yet, and if not, damned close), and a lot of that's come from eBay. If I can keep up the good flow, then we should be good for a bit.
The only sticking point still is the writing. I'm...not into it where I should be, and talking to 2 and Flying Fox last night I realize it's been a while since I've been totally immersed by too many works of fiction. When I get into something I like, it's usually from the outside looking in, picking apart what makes it work and why I like it. It's been forever since I've got my hands dirty, so to speak, really being surrounded by something creative. So, I think, my intellectual workings are severely hampering my ability to tell a story to a satisfactory degree.
This week, I'll be working with trying to get completely immersed in something. Since Attempt No. 5 has a deadline now, I'll try and spend today and tomorrow researching Europe around the time of the Plague, just so I can get a better sense of what it's like. This is where empathy comes in, right? After that I'll shut myself in for a few days and start writing the letters. I've gotten part of an outline written out for them, and now the main character is coming in to focus a bit.
I've really gotten in to the idea of writing fictional journals and letters -- it strikes me as a type of 'literary performace' that's really appealing. I've been reading "The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer" (Twin Peaks) at work for a bit, and seeing Red Dragon a couple weeks ago, I got a really nifty idea for a real-time fictional LiveJournal. I need to pilfer a code from somewhere and get started on it, but first things first...
I've been told that I need to simplify my existence somehow. I've gotten too caught up in the specifics of a certain philosophy to really see its roots. The close you are to the base of something, the easier time you have shifting gears and travelling down a different road. Which for me, is essential at the moment. For some reason, my fingers are itching to get experience.
I'm starting up for Christmas shopping this week. :) A lot of people will be getting (crappy) short stories from me, so it's just more incentive to get my butt in gear for writing. I still don't know what to get a few people, but from the suggestions people have been dropping at my feet, I'm sure I'll be able to come up with something for a bit.
Life is going all right. Friends are still worrying me, and I'll be doing all I can to help. It isn't much, though.
This weekend was more or less uneventful. As Mercury and Saturn are coming out of retrograde, all of the chaos and miscommunication of the past few months seem to be clearing out, with pretty decent results. Odis and I have come to a greater understanding of things in general, Odis and Joey seem to have patched things up a bit (!!!! :D !!!!), and my turbulent mood has calmed down some. Work has been pretty good to me last week; we did about $250 in sales (I think that's the most we've managed yet, and if not, damned close), and a lot of that's come from eBay. If I can keep up the good flow, then we should be good for a bit.
The only sticking point still is the writing. I'm...not into it where I should be, and talking to 2 and Flying Fox last night I realize it's been a while since I've been totally immersed by too many works of fiction. When I get into something I like, it's usually from the outside looking in, picking apart what makes it work and why I like it. It's been forever since I've got my hands dirty, so to speak, really being surrounded by something creative. So, I think, my intellectual workings are severely hampering my ability to tell a story to a satisfactory degree.
This week, I'll be working with trying to get completely immersed in something. Since Attempt No. 5 has a deadline now, I'll try and spend today and tomorrow researching Europe around the time of the Plague, just so I can get a better sense of what it's like. This is where empathy comes in, right? After that I'll shut myself in for a few days and start writing the letters. I've gotten part of an outline written out for them, and now the main character is coming in to focus a bit.
I've really gotten in to the idea of writing fictional journals and letters -- it strikes me as a type of 'literary performace' that's really appealing. I've been reading "The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer" (Twin Peaks) at work for a bit, and seeing Red Dragon a couple weeks ago, I got a really nifty idea for a real-time fictional LiveJournal. I need to pilfer a code from somewhere and get started on it, but first things first...
I've been told that I need to simplify my existence somehow. I've gotten too caught up in the specifics of a certain philosophy to really see its roots. The close you are to the base of something, the easier time you have shifting gears and travelling down a different road. Which for me, is essential at the moment. For some reason, my fingers are itching to get experience.
I'm starting up for Christmas shopping this week. :) A lot of people will be getting (crappy) short stories from me, so it's just more incentive to get my butt in gear for writing. I still don't know what to get a few people, but from the suggestions people have been dropping at my feet, I'm sure I'll be able to come up with something for a bit.
Life is going all right. Friends are still worrying me, and I'll be doing all I can to help. It isn't much, though.
