Rededication

Well, school is out, and some time has freed up. It appears that in the midst of living life, going to school, and going to work, I have neglected my poor little blog. No entries since September of last year. Had this blog been some animate object, it would be mummified at this point. I must apologize. I have been working on a few projects, so the writing has never stopped, but I'm not happy with the inconsistency of entries on this page. While it's great to always be writing on a certain project, to not allow for the free flow of words into a space like this is missing out on an opportunity. There are times in which what you want to say on any given day cannot be expressed in the story you happen to be writing that day. There's needs to be a writing outlet for your writing outlet, if you will. So things are about to change.



Working as an actual writer is a huge difference from being a lunch break writer, and I have decided to make the plunge. I now realize that's exactly what I was doing. Writing for an hour here, and an hour there, and spending up to 2 or 3 hours writing (tops) before a deadline. This is not enough, and I feel that my final product suffered as a result. I could've gone deeper with a character, or further fleshed out a scene; by procrastinating, I did not give myself a chance to make my writing better. Writing for me has now become a career, not a hobby. While acting may be my first love, there are things that I have discovered about creation from my writing class this semester, and I realize that expressing myself as an actor isn't enough. There seems to be a void no matter how many auditions I go on, or how hard I am working in acting class. Writing is a very complementary form of expression to acting, but it is also very different, in that it works different muscles. It's like going to the gym and choosing between doing cardio, and doing weight training. Both exercises are necessary for a well balanced, efficient body. Therefore, I plan to treat these careers as I treat my body. I will write on this blog every other day. Whether I have much or very little to say, every single rep (blog entry) will push me into a forward direction. It is the inactivity of exercise that causes us to move backward, and lose the progree we've previously made. It is the same with creativity. I pledge that I will keep my tools sharp. I do not know what I will write about on any given day, but the most important thing is that I WILL be writing on any given day. I do hope you enjoy. And if you don't, I better- because this stuff takes very valuable time out my day!


P.S. I also pledge not to write about myself, my career (or lack thereof) all the time. How dreadfully boring would that be?



Cheers,

PW