Tuesday, February 12, 2008

This Just In: Writer's Strike Ends!

Well, it's been rough, gentle reader, but I was finally able to reach an agreement with myself that will allow me to go back to work writing for Blog of Woe, Wonder. This writer's strike has ended!

Believe me, all these weeks I've spent not writing or thinking about writing have been very difficult. You probably thought that I was just sitting at home, drinking cosmos in the middle of the day and giving myself pedicures, but I assure you, it has not been a vacation. I had a creative vision for this year of entries on Blog of Woe, Wonder. There was an intricate story arc in place; it was all mapped out, and it was AWESOME. There was going to be intrigue and romance and adventure and a monkey! But sometimes you just have to take a stand and say, "No, I will not compromise my principles. I will not write!" So I didn't. And, you know, I really feel like I made my point.

But now I'm just ready to get back to work! You know, the work is what's most important.

So...

What's new? Yeah, I got nothing. I had a thought: I look at what people my age had accomplished, oh, say, a hundred years ago, and I think that maybe all these advances in medicine that have prolonged our lives have done ambition a disservice. Just like that paper assigned on the first day of class that's not due until the end of the semester, there's no sense of urgency anymore. "You know, I probably won't die in childbirth. I'll write that novel later." "TB? Oh, they've totally got a shot for that. I'll travel to a distant continent when I'm 40." Of course, the joke continues to be on we mortals, because there are still buses to run us over and things to fall onto our heads from great heights and totally batshit insane people holding a grudge and a gun. I guess we should all, like, seize the day or something.

I'm going to go on writing these entries as if someone is reading them, even though I know I've probably alienated most of my audience with the prolonged strike. Just remember: my long silence was political, not personal. Solidarity!

5 comments:

Tejas said...

Welcome back!

On a serious note, writers strike sucked. Hardly any new T.V. shows in a while :<

Anonymous said...

What Tejas said.....well, the "Welcome back!" part anyway. I wouldn't really know about the new T.V. shows or lack thereof.

Jaybird said...

I am torn as to whether the writers' strike was a good thing or a bad thing. Don't get me wrong; I love watchin' my stories. But they also--I don't know--distract me from, like, my own story at times.
And, Mom, don't pretend like the Law & Order "BONG-BONG" makes your heart flutter the same when it's a rerun.

Anonymous said...

Well, if there's going to be a monkey, I forgive your long absence.

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