Author Anon

So, last year, I made a resolution to start writing. It took a long time to really get started but I’m happy to say that in the last 3 months of the year, I was writing consistently. I had to, to keep the soap opera up.

It wasn’t my idea of writing at the beginning of the year, but I didn’t have much impetus or motivation. I was so afraid of writing, of turning something horrible out. Near the end of the year, I was tired of the procrastination. I had ideas in my head but I couldn’t get them on paper, or online. I kept going back over plot details, etc. I was tired of it. I soon forgot details. So I decided to write the soap opera.

Why a soap opera? Have you seen a soap opera? The plotlines and dialogues were so ridiculous at times that it gave me hope that I could do better. At least, I couldn’t do worse. I think it has helped me organize ideas (I can’t say that the plot moves along the way I originally intended, but sometimes a story tells itself). It is amazing how the ideas spring from one another, how the plot is suggested by dialogues even before I think them up. It would be nice to get suggestions, comments, etc. from readers but I have no idea if anyone is even reading it.

My resolution is to continue writing this year, despite the many anticipated disruptions. It would be fun to take some of the plots out of the soap opera and turn them into a book. I’ll have to look into that direction later in the year. Happy New Year to all!

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