So… a lot has been going on!
First of all, our LA move has been postponed for now. I still intend to move out West this year. In the meantime, I am working to get freelance video work while still in the DC area, as well as trying to create some of my own work, including music videos and short films.
I’m working to write some scripts, and also considering other options like adapting public domain stage scripts. I’m going to also start reading play scripts, just for more practice of thinking about a story in terms of a script. Yesterday, at the library, I checked out, “The comedy of Neil Simon,” and so far I have read the intro. CLICK HERE to read the intro yourself. Reading this was worth checking out the book, and touched me deeply. In this introduction, he captures me, and re-affirms to me that I am a writer, even though I am struggling to write. I do this thing he talks about… stepping outside of myself to observe a scene, even as I am myself in the scene, and contemplate theme, character, story arc, and more. I do this all the time and always have, even though I haven’t really learned how to channel it into fiction writing, yet.
I love that I’m seeing myself in places unexpected, and it gives me hope that if I continue to reach for answers, I might continue to get them, even if the source surprises me. This journey continues to get more and more interesting…