Wow,
so it’s been a while since I’ve blogged here. Sorry about that! Life kind of
got in the way. In the last four or so months, I’ve sold two condos, bought a
house, moved, continued on with wedding plans (a little over a month to go),
attended the funeral of my 94 year old grandfather (as hard as death is I have
comfort in knowing he lived a long and very full life.), and changed jobs. To
say I’ve been a bit busy is an extreme understatement. There’s been good, bad
and ugly over the last few months, but I look forward to all the good coming in
the remainder of the year.
Sadly,
the only thing I haven’t been doing a lot of is writing, which is evident in
the cobwebs growing around this blog. It’s been a rough road and my schedule
and stress level have made writing downright painful over the last six months
or so. But in taking a new job as a teardown and cost engineer, I’ve learned
some things about my writing. In my new role at work, we take aircraft parts
and pull them apart to their base components. We study each piece, try to
uncover all the processes that were involved in making it, and then try to
understand how it is connected to the other pieces in order to create a much
larger functioning part.
And
in doing a few of these teardowns, I’ve realized I should really be doing the
same with my writing. Take it apart to the bare bones, understand my characters,
their motivations, what makes them tick, and how their stories and actions work
together to create a much larger cohesive story. There’s a lot of moving parts
to a manuscript and until you understand each of them, you can’t fully connect
with your writing, your plot, your setting, or your characters.
So
my next step is to spend some time really digging into my current WIP; getting
to know all the elements so I can build an even better overall story. In doing
so, I hope that I can dive head first into my current and future projects with
a renewed sense of excite. I’ve got a lot of excitement headed my way and I
hope to carry that into my writing in the future.
Thanks
to all who have stuck with me through the rollercoaster over these last few
months. I hope to share some quite a bit of happiness throughout the rest of
the year. Keep doing your thing and I’ll be right there with you.
Good luck on that with the WIP.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteYou have been busy, Jamie. Whoever said summer is slow-down time didn't know you! Best with your WIP and the teardown...
ReplyDeletethank you! yes! I've been SUPER busy! I'm ready for things to calm down. :)
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