Thankfully, the RWC climaxes on Saturday evening, with England having played Argentina in the third-place play-off on Friday evening.
COVID left me a little tired, a bit of Long Covid. Never mind, onwards and upwards.
'Beasting Dartmoor' continues at a pace. I'm starting to write Chapter Twenty-Seven, and the story is approaching a climactic ending. I already know what the ending will be. I worked through it during a workshop a couple of months ago. It is exhilarating, culminating many years of wishing to be a writer/author.
I have been using many of Apple's Apps to help increase my productivity. The main one that has been keeping me on track this week is the Calendar.
Last weekend, I sorted out a writing program for the next two weeks around my work shifts. As the Calendar replicates itself across all my Apple products, iPhone, Apple Watch and MacBook, it keeps me on my writing toes, especially as I have shared it with Kathy. I thought of automating some insignificant behind-the-scenes bits, like file saving. I haven't set that up yet, but that may be a task for this weekend.
I wrote about Morning Pages writing a few weeks ago, before my recent bout with COVID-19. I write three pages of free writing each morning. That dropped off for a while, although I did write a few during our trips away. Thankfully, I have started writing them again this week, even before my early shifts. They are a relaxing start to the morning and clear my mind for the day ahead. I'm writing this now after Morning Pages and before preparing for work.
'You can only be a writer if you are writing' is something that I have always said, and here I am writing.
Also, this week, I attended a Zoom workshop by author Jenny Kane. A few of us meet every other Tuesday and work through some writing exercises. This week, we worked on character flaws and working on giving rounded characters for our stories. I must admit, it is something that I hadn't considered for the characters in Beasting Dartmoor. However, I came away on Tuesday evening with several ideas, some of which I can start working on immediately and others I will need to save for the first edit at the beginning of the new year.
I will also return to my Zoom writing hour with William on Sunday afternoon.
I enjoy both of these Zoom writing sessions. It is nice to be with other writers. After all, writing can be lonely unless you are part of a team writing for a continuing drama (Soap) or something similar to Game of Thrones, that is.
That is where I am with my various writing projects at the moment. I'm always open to further projects should anyone wish to get in touch. But these projects are helping me to keep writing, and that is what I like doing.
Happy Birthday, all fellow Royal Marines. We don't look too bad for being 359.
Next week - Characters and their flaws
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