I’m starting this blog post without a thought in my head and just seeing where it takes me. Wow! Exhilarating. The reason being that I slept late, the N154 virus (or whatever it is) still draining my energy. So I am here in my dressing-gown and slippers trying to dredge a word or two from what I am pleased to call my consciousness. And nothing is coming.
I read another blog post this morning about whether characters can surprise you – in other words, when you write, does a character refuse to do a thing you wanted them to do and insist on doing something completely different? By which I mean that, when you write, there is a resistance – the words refuse to come until you rethink the situation and go in a different direction. Well, the writer of the blog thinks it doesn’t happen – or at least, not to her – whereas I think it does.
Not sure why she put a line from Led Zep as the title though. I think very carefully about my titles…
Finishing off the memoir for Fish about my childhood. It’s not bad, I think, but even being good is no guarantee they will like it. ’Study the magazine,’ they all say. That’s all very well but there are only so many hours in a day and no money at all in my bank account, so there’s a limit to how many magazines, web sites, e-zines and competitions you can ‘study’. Perhaps I should set aside a few weeks just for this at some point. Might not be a bad idea.
The radio play is coming on – I’ve got a rough time-line sorted and should be ready to start writing it properly soon. I am also convinced (and I don’t think this is just ego) that judging by the current crop of sitcoms on Radio 4 at 6.30, I could do better;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0126bw5
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bgnxm
Honestly. They’ve got every cliche in the book and no new ideas. ’Clare in the Community’ is about the only decent sitcom I’ve heard for a long time.
OK Mark is champing at the bit; or at least, at the bit of toast (he breakfasts late) as he hasn’t finished his blog post yet, so I must away!
http://homeedandherbs.blogspot.com/
Kirk out
