Unnatural

It's unnaturally cold out: -22C with a windchill of -33. What is this? Winnipeg? I enjoyed biking in the -10 the other day, but I don't know as I'll even venture out the door today. Although, I'm curious to know how it feels...

Miraculously, I only worked three days this week. When I started my job in 2000, it was agreed I would work 3 days with an occasional fourth. In 2003, I worked only 20 three-day weeks, the others being fours and fives. I have asked that we get that number up to at least 28 this year.

I am supposed to be hard at work on my grand comic scheme and yesterday was to be a writing day, but I spent 2 hours working on my brother-in-law's website, two hours advertizing an event I host bimonthly and four hours working on the details of refinancing our mortgage and setting up a second-mortgage line of credit.

This morning: two hours of pure script writing! I will wag my fingers at the keyboard even when the ideas are slow to come, just as Evelyn Waugh (or was it Henry James?) would sign his name over and over until the first sentence of the day emerged.

I am also having a check-in phone call with my friend, Miniscule. We are supporting each other through the circuitous path of making our dream projects come true. I will post later about the inspiring conversation we had during the holidays.

Now, if the electricity supply can just hold up through the cold snap...

Accomplishment

I just had a great call with Miniscule in which we re-inforced and encouraged each other to keep going on our dream projects.

I wrote 1,300 words of back story this morning and created a map in Illustrator of the city in which the comic takes place. Although I sometimes think I'll do my most productive thinking while out walking in the sunshine or lying in bed, the fact is that the ideas mostly come when I'm sitting at the typewriter. It's as if my brain has to produce something to keep my tapping fingers happily employed.

I wrote details about the events leading to the world of 2052 in which the story takes place and outlined a lot of the political, economic and social conditions that led to the "current" state of affairs. I also began writing the back stories of the characters but I ran out of steam. That is where I will begin next time.

Good work, TTL.

I will have to wait to write about script theory as it has been presented to me by Miniscule. Now, I just say, ENJOY! Life is beautiful.

(and don't think about how much it is costing to heat the house today)