Fully immersed in my writing is such a
pleasure for me, but I can’t write all day.
My brain and my body have to rest from the activity. It doesn’t mean that I don’t think about
writing though. Many times those
thoughts are about my current project, but even that has to be given a
rest. At the end of the day I have to
turn to some relaxing activities. I’ve
often thought that the evening television shows are poor and I am bored with
them. Since learning is never boring for
me, so I have a little supply of ‘minute’ projects. One example; I am reading my way through a
book called ‘Word Power.’ It’s more or
less a dictionary and I amuse myself with word games such as picking 3-4 words
from a page to put into a sentence coherently.
I can do this and catch most of the shows at the same time. My latest ‘minute’ project is to actually
watch the TV shows and analyze them for plot, characterization techniques,
number of story lines being followed, and even what I imagine the writer’s
intent was. TV with a twist. Since I’m not judging the show’s
entertainment value as a passive audience, I’m enjoying this end of the day
activity more.
