A Writer's Notebook, Day Two-Hundred-And-Thirty-Four

I am going to keep it short today, but I am still working to figure out how I can be more of the person I want to be.  Certain thoughts are beginning to percolate that I think may be positive but they are still unformed at this point.  It is something that I am not turning away from, though, and I know I can make real change in my life, I've done it in terms of writing already.

Today, I did get a lot of work done, writing three or four new poems and several pages of a new play I am excited about.  I am not really certain where it is going yet, but the dialogue so far is really interesting and fun.  I just don't have much in terms of a plot at the moment, but that is kind of alright for what I am doing.  I don't think it is boring, and there is something developing in it, certainly.  The general premise is fairly simple, but I think I'm getting a lot to come from it.  I did, also, keep up on the poetry, even as I began that work, so I feel very good about things on that front, even if I am still keeping focused on other aspects of my life and how I can make positive changes in those other regards.  I think, now that I am writing and doing the work I want, I need to begin really considering how I can apply that same thinking to making positive changes in the rest of my life as well.

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