This week I got a good bit of writing done. I did a couple of thousand words on the whodunnit, which took me into a discovery; I worked on some poetry and I finally got back to a Thursday post.
That last one might not sound much but I always feel they are the most useful posts for me to write, because they allow me to grapple with an idea, thought process, decision or discussion and come to some sort of conclusion. From the point of view of my own writing I can see over time if I’ve become too set in my ways, if I’m missing a (writing) trick and so on.
I’m going to try really hard to get a couple done each month now I’m getting used to the change of structure in my life.
In the whodunnit, the body has been found and questions are being raised about exactly who was where and why, when the victim disappeared…. The blame is sweeping towards someone – but are they the guilty party? Ooh, it’s really a lot of fun writing something so outside my wheelhouse. I have no idea if it’s any good for the genre but it doesn’t really matter because I am learning how to twist a tale, which is the whole point!
In between, the poetry work has continued and I’m choosing my next two to bring up to standard for public performance. I love this time of year for poetry, somehow the longer days and brighter weather makes writing poetry a little easier. Perhaps its the sense of light and freedom that means my mind can wander a little more!
In other news – We’ve reached book 81 of the 100 novels list, Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook. I haven’t read this one but I have to say that Lessing isn’t one of my favourite writers. I have given up on her books before and about this time last year I nearly did so again so this isn’t one I’ll be seeking out for now. But who knows, in 10 years time it might really appeal to me 🙂
And finally – In a month I’ll be going on holiday (yay!) but before that we in the UK are facing a prolonged political campaign to see who will become our next government. I wrote last week about wanting to be more political in my writing and I’m going to be testing my abilities by writing about what I see over the next few weeks. Whether anything worth sharing comes from it I don’t know but it’ll be an interesting exercise is social commentary if nothing else!
Until next time,
Happy writing,
EJ
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