Connective Cube

I did it. I wrote 1-5 posts a month every month over the past calendar year. Hardly prolific. Getting back on the saddle after a long hiatus from writing requires sticking to some form of routine. The routine over the past year helped me realize quite a few aspects about my approach to creating ideas.

– I tend to process more than I envision an end product. Which basically means I have a hard time finishing what I start. Part of writing requires engaging with an ability to edit, rephrase and tinker. I tend to let it all out, and fhen forget about it. Maybe that generates entertaining writing once in awhile, but the stories I read and enjoy are well crafted, or at least well executed.

– I am not fully engaging the benefits of writing interactively rather than flatly. Since I am not writing for a well defined audience, I can engage in play with displaying content.

– Part of editing my work may require finding a sustained group of writers that I can work with regularly. I am a self-conscious person with a restrained streak. Groups don’t become me. This didn’t work well with the ambitious people who were serious about building connections and engaging in writers circles. Maybe I need to become more serious.

– It is time to have visions and make decisions. Neither are quite my forte, but I have done it before.

1. Keep developing Lissa as a character and don’t worry so much about any intermingling between the reality/fiction binary.

2. Incorporate other writers, images and videos that pertain to the story. Maybe learn enough code to make the videos pop out on the page.

3. Learn how to build an interactive story map that requires 20 minutes of someone’s time and densely covers a mode of study or a short fiction piece.

4. Finalize two previous stories and submit them for publication.

5. Read more contemporary writers, and remember what they write. There is no shame in someone engaging with words.

6. Incorporate fan videos throughout surprise keywords in the post.

That is ambitious enough for now.