Back to the writing board again.

Hmmm, what to write about for this week's blog assignment. I would go into detail about how my writing has improved and how I think that I am growing together with my inner writer. However, that would be blowing smoke up your ass and I would hate to lie more than I already do. It's only been two weeks since my last blog on writing and I think that I am just keeping with that pace. Since then I have written a travel essay, a couple blogs and a few random quips here and there. I don't think that that little bit of writing has broadened my skills as a writer by much. Sure the travel essay was something new and was an interesting piece that I can add to my writing portfolio. I enjoy writing, but the truth of it is that I need a refresher and the chance to bone my skills up. I want to be a movie director and I have written many scenes and filmed more than I can remeber.
I need the writing skills to sharpen my ability to write better dialogue and scene descriptions, as well as plot outlines. These are skills that are nessesary to a budding director and therefore will only help and not hinder me. The only problem with writing a blog about my writing is the fact that after awhile the words turn into mindless dribble and the reader gets a little lost, if not confused. This has always been a problem when I write, or do anything at all. I have a tendency to get bored very easily and then I am just putting filler on the page and not writing anything of value or depth. The nice thing about making movies as opposed to writing for me is the fact that I never get bored behind the camera. I usually don't write much of the scenes that I film down on paper because I am an improvisational director and everything is thought out as I film. This in some way is like writing, but really fast and very sporadic.
Truth is, I have more trouble writing because I want to put every detail on the page and that can get a little overwhelming sometimes and ends up in a crazy jumble of bullshit that no one understands. Most would say this is where the revision process comes to play, but I hate revising. If I can't get it right the first time, then I get bored and become uninterested and that in itself is the most difficult aspect of my writing.

It's the end of the world as we know it. Or is it?

So I'm sure all of you have heard of the theories of the end of the world. The question that remains in the back of all our minds is, are they true or just the product of human imagination. I have read alot of the Nostrodomus predictions, most of them are just dribble and cryptic. I have read revelations in the bible, and even though I don't believe that the bible has much useful material, I think that there is some interesting things in it. The Mayan calender ends on December 21, 2012 and most people think that this date is when the world will end. How do we know, maybe they just got bored with continuing the calender for over a thousand years and said "that's enough." What about the scientific explanation about the alignment of the planets to a certain point in our galaxy that only happens once in 54,000 years. This explanation dictates that the polarity of the earth will be reversed, possible making all of our electronics useless. If this happens then it is possible that the Nostrodomus prediction of man going back to sticks and stones could be fulfilled. All of these theories and predictions are fun to entertain and even for some of us exciting, there is still the theory that aliens will come to our aid in the waning years of the earths life. Though this theory sounds like a bunch of bullshit to some people, it is the same as all the others. Truth is, we don't know if any of this is going to happen, if at all. I however would like to hear what everyone thinks on this subject and for people who want a challenge here is the test on your observational skills. Watch the movie "Knowing" with Nick Cage and tell me what the underlying message is in that movie. I will give you a hint, it's a theory that is well known to a select group of people, and the movie secretly gives hints to an actual theory. If you figure it out then you are well versed and open minded. If not then don't worry cuz your safe in your little box.

Writing the 6th week.

So I have been thrown back into the mix of writing again. I haven't done this much writing ever in my life and I think that it is really stepping up my game. This newfound love of writing couldn't have come at a better time in my life. I started to write a couple books, started meaning I just sit on the couch and watch t.v. till I can get up the gusto to write. Seems that when I get done with homework my mind does not want to work and I can't blame it. I think that typing out these blogs is a real challenge for me, not the ones about random discussion topics, but the ones on myself as a writer. I could just sum it up in a paragraph or so and be done with it, unfortunately I do not get the luxury of doing that. This is why it is a challenge, I am not complaining, merely stating that I am having my writing witt tested. I think that in the long run these exercises will help me to become a better writer, or so I hope. I do tend to dissapoint myself alot and arguing with the other voices in my head about what to type out is somewhat of a burden at times. One part of me wants to write about myself and the other doesn't, making these little exercises tougher and therefore more rewarding if I am successful in conveying myself as a competent writer. Right now, my writing is all off the top of my head, spontaneous wording is how I like to roll. Some people have to stop and think of what to write and I can just sit at a computer and type till I think it looks good enough to use. The downside of this is the fact that I never like what I have typed and perfectionism starts to rear it's ugly head and bite me. So in all I would say that my writing is coming into it's own and starting to show some potential. Over the next few weeks I guess it will be determined whether or not my writing will rank up there with the big dogs, or be stuck down in the bottom layer of literary ingenuity.