Sick day and writing...
Jan. 28th, 2009 07:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jadecatBleah, I'm sick and I don't like it. Which seems to be a common thread on my FL these days. I actually stayed home from work today! *gasps in shock* just couldn't manage to drag myself in. Considering that I then slept the entire morning away, I would say that my taking the time off was needed. Sasha was thrilled- she had a lap to sleep the morning away on! At least I made someone happy!
Other than that, not much to report. The husband isn't feeling all that great at the moment, luckily he only have to work tonight and tomorrow, and then he has 6 days off. This whole working three days, having six off is pretty nice. Though the 12 hour overnight shifts are a pain. Apparently this nursing this is working out for him- he's already had a couple patients (and their families) request that he be their nurse when he's working. He's also charge nurse many nights. Now if only it weren't nights. *grins*
Now I just need to figure out what to do with myself. My secretarial job is... lacking. I do like the people I work with- they are amusing in many ways. The work itself... not brain challenging. But in his economy- I'm very grateful to HAVE a job! So I won't whine about my current employment. I just need to work on getting to where I want to be.
For years and years I always thought that what I wanted to be was a writer. When I was 9 and we got our first computer- an Apple IIe- I plunked my little self down and pounded away at the keyboard. I was writing my stories, and learning how to type in the meantime. I still don't type 'properly', I have no clue about that whole 'home row' or whatever. But I do pretty well even so. However, I took a long break from writing after college, and only in the last few years have I tried to pick it up again.
What I need to do is imply carve out more of the time I'm currently wasting for writing. I think I'll write the motto 'it can be fixed later' onto the backs of my hands so that I keep getting reminded. Then of course I'll have to actually go back and do the fixing...
One of the issues I get frustrated about is the concept of smart people doing stupid things. I hate reading it, or seeing it in movies/on tv, and I don't want to do that in my own writing. However, sometimes smart people DO do stupid things, for a variety of reasons. I also get terribly frustrated by 'bad guys' who are bad simply because they're bad. In my own writing- I seem to have a hard time just coming up with bad guys.
I know that characters can't be perfect, that they have to make mistakes. Interesting stories are not made up of people always making the right decisions, and always having things work out. At the same time, the idea of characters always making the wrong decisions/conclusions makes me want to throw a story across the room! I know they can't always be right, but do they always have to be wrong? I guess the moral is, I just need to write and see what happens. Along the way I'll learn more about writing, plot building, and all that stuff. ;)
Wow, this entry started off as a simple update, and wandered off into my musing about writing. Neat.
Other than that, not much to report. The husband isn't feeling all that great at the moment, luckily he only have to work tonight and tomorrow, and then he has 6 days off. This whole working three days, having six off is pretty nice. Though the 12 hour overnight shifts are a pain. Apparently this nursing this is working out for him- he's already had a couple patients (and their families) request that he be their nurse when he's working. He's also charge nurse many nights. Now if only it weren't nights. *grins*
Now I just need to figure out what to do with myself. My secretarial job is... lacking. I do like the people I work with- they are amusing in many ways. The work itself... not brain challenging. But in his economy- I'm very grateful to HAVE a job! So I won't whine about my current employment. I just need to work on getting to where I want to be.
For years and years I always thought that what I wanted to be was a writer. When I was 9 and we got our first computer- an Apple IIe- I plunked my little self down and pounded away at the keyboard. I was writing my stories, and learning how to type in the meantime. I still don't type 'properly', I have no clue about that whole 'home row' or whatever. But I do pretty well even so. However, I took a long break from writing after college, and only in the last few years have I tried to pick it up again.
What I need to do is imply carve out more of the time I'm currently wasting for writing. I think I'll write the motto 'it can be fixed later' onto the backs of my hands so that I keep getting reminded. Then of course I'll have to actually go back and do the fixing...
One of the issues I get frustrated about is the concept of smart people doing stupid things. I hate reading it, or seeing it in movies/on tv, and I don't want to do that in my own writing. However, sometimes smart people DO do stupid things, for a variety of reasons. I also get terribly frustrated by 'bad guys' who are bad simply because they're bad. In my own writing- I seem to have a hard time just coming up with bad guys.
I know that characters can't be perfect, that they have to make mistakes. Interesting stories are not made up of people always making the right decisions, and always having things work out. At the same time, the idea of characters always making the wrong decisions/conclusions makes me want to throw a story across the room! I know they can't always be right, but do they always have to be wrong? I guess the moral is, I just need to write and see what happens. Along the way I'll learn more about writing, plot building, and all that stuff. ;)
Wow, this entry started off as a simple update, and wandered off into my musing about writing. Neat.
