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Even though I wasn't planning to until my birthday. Two resolutions, actually...
The first is to write at least some fiction every day.
Except for the "Hoedowns", which are round robins, and therefore let me get by only writing parts of a story, I haven't written any fiction since November, 2000.... I've written several essays and poems, but no whole narrative. And when I tried to write a sci-fi comedy for my Secret Santa this year, it sent me into a near panicked state of writer's block... so I just sent him a store-bought book, instead. :-(
There are certain writing pathways between my ears that have become overgrown with brambles and thorns. That aint right. So that's my first resolution -- get out the mental machete, face my fears, and venture into that dark, dense forest of thought.
I think facing my fears is the key... Writing essays, and even poems, allows me to stand back from my subject and view it as a pattern of light and shadow, and shape and texture -- very beautiful patterns, and sometimes, very complex -- but still viewed from outside. But in writing fiction, I have to get inside the mind of a vulnerable, flawed character, and experience all the pain and joy that character feels for myself.
So even if I only write one scene a day, I will write some fiction every day.
My second resolution is in the "Finish what I start" catagory. I've had an idea for a board game rattling around in my head for about 7 years, and back when I started, I came upon some glitches in the rules, and designing the board. I told myself I was putting it "on the back burner", but in truth, I was just giving up on it. But just this last year, the idea surfaced again, and I realized it still had value (and yes, it is important to me for it to be a board game -- not a computer game... I want it to be a catalyst for getting people together and talking).
So there you have it -- resolutions 1 and 2.
The first is to write at least some fiction every day.
Except for the "Hoedowns", which are round robins, and therefore let me get by only writing parts of a story, I haven't written any fiction since November, 2000.... I've written several essays and poems, but no whole narrative. And when I tried to write a sci-fi comedy for my Secret Santa this year, it sent me into a near panicked state of writer's block... so I just sent him a store-bought book, instead. :-(
There are certain writing pathways between my ears that have become overgrown with brambles and thorns. That aint right. So that's my first resolution -- get out the mental machete, face my fears, and venture into that dark, dense forest of thought.
I think facing my fears is the key... Writing essays, and even poems, allows me to stand back from my subject and view it as a pattern of light and shadow, and shape and texture -- very beautiful patterns, and sometimes, very complex -- but still viewed from outside. But in writing fiction, I have to get inside the mind of a vulnerable, flawed character, and experience all the pain and joy that character feels for myself.
So even if I only write one scene a day, I will write some fiction every day.
My second resolution is in the "Finish what I start" catagory. I've had an idea for a board game rattling around in my head for about 7 years, and back when I started, I came upon some glitches in the rules, and designing the board. I told myself I was putting it "on the back burner", but in truth, I was just giving up on it. But just this last year, the idea surfaced again, and I realized it still had value (and yes, it is important to me for it to be a board game -- not a computer game... I want it to be a catalyst for getting people together and talking).
So there you have it -- resolutions 1 and 2.
