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This week's answer:
Time
to Write
Katrina,
when you say you're in a cold state, are you referring to
your emotional condition or being in one of the actual
states of this country that is presently experiencing low
temperatures? That's a wonderful question you asked,
one that perplexes many a writer. Why, there are
workshops that people pay beaucoup bucks to attend that
deal with that very issue. (My question is "Why
do so many writers spend all that money and time to find
out how to have more time to write when they could be
using that time to actually write? Maybe I'll go to
a workshop to find that out.)
There's
this theory that time expands when you're doing what you
love to do. (Does that mean it contracts when you
have to pay bills?) Another way of putting it is
that if your passion is to write, you'll find the
time. Or the time to write will find you. Or
you'll find each other. It's like a romantic comedy
with you and your love interest being time to write.
As in a romantic comedy, no matter what the obstacles may
appear to be between the two of you, somehow by the sheer
power of the law of attraction. (I hope "The
Secret" hasn't trademarked "the law of
attraction" and won't sue me for using it -- even
though it's an ancient phrase and concept that has been
handed down from generation to generation by adepts in the
field of esoteric, sacred knowledge. Hey, maybe the
sages could materialize and come back for a little while
so they could sue "The Secret" for using the
phrase. Then there would be another law: the
law of law suits.)
You'll
find the time to write if you really want to write.
"But I have three kids and I work two jobs and I'm
exhausted when I get home, especially after traveling
sixty miles to deliver 'Meals on Wheels'" you
say. Well, couldn't you write on a clipboard at red
lights? See? Or maybe, when you're trying to
get in enough hours of slumber, you could dream your
screenplay and write it down when you wake up before you
get your three children to school. There's no place
for excuses not to write. Yoda said it so well in...
one of those "Star Wars" versions...
Write
or don't write. There's no trying in writing
screenplays. Only writing.
Just look at me
(well, not too closely): If I can consult with
clients, write a weekly column, and find the time to also
write screenplays, then you can also find a way to
write. I have one more thing I want to add before I
sign off, but...
I don't have the
time.
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