Current mood:

cheerful

Improvement

I almost let Monday get past me. I've been very busy -- and some of it has even been fun. I spent part of the day working with a new graphic program, and I have to say it is much faster than the older version which is always nice! (DAZ Studio 3 versus DAZ Studio 2)

I had an amusing time this weekend from an unexpected source. The people across the street were having a very loud party, so I decided I needed some noise of my own. I started with music, but it just wasn't working for me. I pulled out a nice little nature sounds CD instead, and that went really well -- right until the howler monkeys kicked in and unsettled the cats. I probably shouldn't have laughed... but it was funny!

I don't think the cats trust the computer quite so much now, though!

The work on Badlands is going very well.    The changes I've made make the story considerably stronger and the prose much better.    I can't believe I was ever satisfied with the way it was before -- please don't let me ever be that immature again! LOL. Okay, the novel is several years old, but I think I should have known better than some of the stilly stuff I wrote at a the time! I'm just grateful that not very many people have seen that earlier version!

I'm willing to mature as a writer. I know a lot of people who won't -- not that they can't, but that they aren't willing to take the time or they think they're as good as they're going to get. Why would anyone convince themselves they're never going to be any better than they are now? Why wouldn't you try to work harder and improve your writing?

Well, sure -- if you are doing stuff just for fun sometimes you might not care. And if you don't want to ever change what you're doing... but doesn't that get boring?

So, I guess there's a good reason why I stick around Forward Motion. There are people at the site who are always asking why, how, what can I do to improve.   It's amazing what you can learn if you are willing!

And now back to Badlands!