by Ira | Jun 12, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
I wrote today. Seven pages! Good ones, too, I hope. I went back through and read some of my writing from the past couple days, and it’s definitely a little rough. It needs a run-through. Punching up. Edits for conciseness…but it’s fundamentally sound. The story...
by Ira | Jun 11, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
If I’ve taken away just one thing from watching all of the AFI’s list, it might be this one thing: Jimmy Stewart is an absolute delight. Josh also brought up Jack Lemmon as well, and I whole-heartedly agree. I mean, I’ve known Stewart was wonderful, of course, for...
by Ira | Jun 10, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
It’s not too late for me to make up some ground this week, believe it or not. Going to do my damndest tomorrow to do just that before J comes over for some castin’. Life continues to be busy af. So much going on. It’s honestly been overwhelming this week. Not a great...
by Ira | Jun 9, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
Great day. I’m exhausted. But, damn, it was a great day in that I just did my shit. I woke up on time like I wanted. I wrote what I wanted to write. It wasn’t quite 10 pages…I think I hit 7…but it was a tough scene. One that I wasn’t sure going in how I...
by Ira | Jun 8, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
I had another rough day today productivity-wise. I wasn’t very. I know why. There are external stressors going on at the moment. None of them bad, thank lawd, but stressors nonetheless. And my head hasn’t been in the game the past couple days. Well, I can fix that...
by Ira | Jun 7, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
Today was a bit of a letdown on the writing front, but I also realized something last night as my mind was kind of swirling… I obsess WAY waaaaaaaay to much about my writing. I really do. I put so much pressure and attention on that shit. No wonder I have a hard...