Moleskine #002 -- The Return and the Gift of Creative Writing

 So, now you’ve picked up precisely where you left off about a week ago.  The trip went its own way, the plane didn’t crash, and you are home again.  You begin again where the path is clear and full of possibilities.  You don’t feel pressure, but you know that you have less than one week to finish this notebook.  You’ve discovered it really isn’t that bad a timeline because you can always whip out an exercise out of one of the books and write the quota out of that.  The problem, of course, is that you haven’t even begun reading the book and even if you did now it would take longer than a week.  But it’s fine, it really is.  Last week was something else.  Some nostalgias came to the forefront, and you weren’t sure or even ready to have them so present.  On the other hand, there were other memories that simply appeared as part of a past so long ago, even the places seemed like old stage sets, as if you were an actor returning to play a part on some abandoned theatre.  Sure, it all sounds over-dramatic, but these are the things you can conjure up when one of your characters is under similar circumstances and subject to the same emotion.  

Now on to better things: write about Sandee more.  Figure out what to do with Daniel and the other plot.  Look into the violinist’s plot and outline it all.  All of that must be sort out clearly.  So then, you can see all that this notebook is time; time devoted to it will be well spent and very profitable.  Like you’ve said, all of this stuff will be used some day.  Nothing here is lost or wasted.  Again, you also think of the blessing, of all those things that have come to you.  This past week you were too busy, but your reading was very good.  And now, you must make time for work and for writing.  You must do honor to the blessing and stop wasting all of that time like you did Saturday and Sunday.  Not that it wasn’t all wasted and it helped you relax and all that, but it was way too long a time and it could have been half that time and you could’ve used the other half to write or read.  So, now you must work on discipline which is not as bad a thing because it is ever a lasting struggle to overcome, not just with writing but with any other thing you wish to correct.  Work with this by looking at the clock more often and divide your time wisely.  You will know when it is time.  You will feel the moment to write is the most important time you could ever employ outside of prayer and communion with God.