Writer's Group 5/12/2011

This week I was finally able to make it to my writing group again and that was amazing. We chatted quite a bit of course but I actually put down about a paragraph on my short story on top of about 500 words between the two writing prompts. I rather liked working with the prompts even though I found the second one 'Now that she was gone, I could tell the truth.' really difficult to work with. I managed about a paragraph on it though! And it would make for an interesting beginning to a short story but I'm not sure it's a story I'd actually be all that interested in.

The first prompt was to write about the first time your character felt humiliated. I had a lot of fun with that prompt and it could also be an interesting flash fiction but I don't really know (or care) how to expand on it so I think I will merely leave it alone. It's saved so I could always go back to it if I felt like I wanted to.

I'm happy that my Damon and Luke story is now sitting at 3880 words which means that progress has been made. I'm going to get some more work done on it and I'll be at starbucks all day which always helps the creative processes.

If you don't have time to read, you don't have time to write...

A great writer (who was it Stephen King?) once said that if you don't have time to read you don't have time to write. I haven't been doing much or well any writing aside from a bit a editing since the last time I updated this blog. I have been doing quite a bit of reading and trying to catch up to the goal that I set on goodreads. I'm not having much luck with that either. It seems that I just can't get much of anything done.

I graduated my class and while I should feel less stressed and relaxed now I don't. Maybe after I get a job? It sounds like excuse after excuse to procrastinate and maybe it is but when I sit down to write nothing comes and I can't even seem to bullshit around it. Does that ever happen to you?

I think I need some swift kicks in the ass or to get more involved with writers again. Positive influence and peer pressure. I'll give it my best shot and probably start working on writing.com again.