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Oh the irony.
Even as some of my chums seem to be winding down their writing – or more correctly, directing their writing efforts elsewhere, I find my enthusiasm returning. At the same time, I find the actual opportunities to write rather reduced, particularly if it’s anything more spectacular than an LJ entry, or a sarcastic riposte or observation over on Farcebørk.
On Friday last week, we met up with The Kindly Ones and their Kindly Spawn on one of their occasional visits to the Great Metropolis. We spent much of the evening in a restaurant near Waterloo (a curry/burger fusion place – who knew such delights existed?) and boozed and chatted. During the conversation, I discussed some old story ideas I’d had but never really developed.
This has made me dig them out and start playing with them, see if I can take them anywhere and, who knows, actually write something of over a couple of thousand words…
And suddenly my time is at a premium – at least my time in front of a keyboard for sustained creativity. In the tradition of all good hobbies, maybe I need to gear myself up by buying plug-ins and other peripherals for my iPad and such. You know, the actually interesting part of the hobby before the fascination with dust bunnies etc reasserts itself.
Even as some of my chums seem to be winding down their writing – or more correctly, directing their writing efforts elsewhere, I find my enthusiasm returning. At the same time, I find the actual opportunities to write rather reduced, particularly if it’s anything more spectacular than an LJ entry, or a sarcastic riposte or observation over on Farcebørk.
On Friday last week, we met up with The Kindly Ones and their Kindly Spawn on one of their occasional visits to the Great Metropolis. We spent much of the evening in a restaurant near Waterloo (a curry/burger fusion place – who knew such delights existed?) and boozed and chatted. During the conversation, I discussed some old story ideas I’d had but never really developed.
This has made me dig them out and start playing with them, see if I can take them anywhere and, who knows, actually write something of over a couple of thousand words…
And suddenly my time is at a premium – at least my time in front of a keyboard for sustained creativity. In the tradition of all good hobbies, maybe I need to gear myself up by buying plug-ins and other peripherals for my iPad and such. You know, the actually interesting part of the hobby before the fascination with dust bunnies etc reasserts itself.