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Still UnWriting
Posted Mar 22, 2003
I haven't really gotten the hang of this journal lark. I get the impression that you're supposed to treat it somewhat like blogging, and waffle about whatever you consider important ( or vastly unimportant ) on the day that you write the damn thing, but since I haven't been keeping this daily, I haven't really entered into a pace and rhythm for it yet. So, my second journal entry, very much like my first journal entry, is pretty much about the art of not writing.
That said, I've begun to write a little more. I've joined www.triggerstreet.com which, as much as anything else, is a useful tool to remind you how much other people are working when you're just playing about on the 'net. I have an idea for a TV drama that I'm beginning to develop ( like a lot of people on this site, I imagine ), and have recently come back from a research trip in London for a screenplay I'm working on ( I've got at least 2 pages down, honest ... ).
Currently, we appear to be continuing our attack on Baghdad. The vibe that I'm picking up from the anti-war protesters is that they're wishing 'our boys' luck and safe passage ( "being anti-war dosen't contradict wanting safe passage for them", comments one ). I imagine there's a couple of people already sketching out the movie rights. The Oscars should be intersting this year ....
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The First Entry
Posted Jan 23, 2003
Although I've had this account for quite a while, this is the first time that I've had a chance to put anything down on paper ( so to speak ). This is partly because I haven't had internet access at home, but mostly because, like a lot of people who claim that they write, I spend a lot of time not writing. At all. ( Having said that, I've just heard that a writer that I used to know is doing things like being flown over to Luc Besson's film company in France to speak to them about script ideas. It's useful to have people in your life who are doing better than you. It [ should ] give you a kick up the arse and propel you along. In theory )
It suddenly occured to me today that I could have a sister I don't know about. Randomly. I haven't seen my father in well over ten years, and while I've pretty much frozen him in time - unemployed ( I think ) and single, it is true that his life could have been completly changed since then. I have no idea. I've always somewhat liked the idea of having a sister, older or younger, I don't know, and it's intresting ( to me, at least ) that I'm thinking in terms of sister, as opposed to brother.
And it's also just occured to me that I'm writing this journal as A) a kind of free-form writing excerise, and B) an excuse to avoid any 'real' kind of writing.
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