Red Pens and Playwriting

There, I have finished writing the post I was supposed to write this morning. That officially gets me all scheduled up to the end of the year! I shall now take a moment to bask in my productivity.

I could have written my post before lunch, but instead I got distracted setting up my end-of-month newsletter and spent an hour talking to my brother. I guess that dictates my afternoon, then...

We're back to normal writing scheduling this week; yesterday I worked on my creative writing WIP, and today I'm going to work on another upcoming post. Just the one, probably, since I've got a healthy backlog and we have someone coming to look at our munted garage door this afternoon.

Today's work is going to start with a bit of editing, instead of writing, but once that's done I can spend the rest of the afternoon writing a new short story (which will go onto the blog).

Last weekend was a very busy Labour Day weekend in our house, so I've had to squish up my schedule and move my writing all to this end of the week, instead of my usual Tuesday blog focus. I've got a lot of different tasks that need to be done, but they're not big ones.

Good news! I figured out a solution and had PLENTY of battery for my second writing sesh of the day, resulting in a second post finished. Winning!

My laptop has needed some updating over the weekend, which has resulted in my battery only lasting half as long for today's pre-lunch writing stint. Annoying, but I still managed to get my whole post written (albeit from the sofa instead of my desk). Hopefully I can monitor things better this […]

But If My Brain... A writing snippet

Guess what? It's still ADHD Awareness Month! Keep being aware of us by checking out this sonnet I wrote about my very ADHD brain.
https://red-pens-and-playwriting.ghost.io/but-if-my-brain/

Missed my usual blog-writing day earlier this week due to the fatigue, but the nice thing about a flexible schedule is that I can make up for it today after a bit of rest! On the plan is a reflection about support networks and a bit of fun with Early Modern English... ;)

Back into it today, trying to get that Tennessee Williams post finished off before I pop out for an appointment this afternoon. Keeping busy this week!

Fun discovery of the day: Tom Swifties!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Swifty

It's another writing day today! I have a Grammar Talk to write up for next month, and I'm hoping to get started on a new Stars of the Stage post for the paid subs about Tennessee Williams.

It'll be good to develop more of a sense of how long it takes me to get things done with my new schedule.

Taking some time today to work on a creative writing project that I haven't touched since... May. Yikes, I have a lot of refamiliarising myself to do!

Oh, and the posts are going to be really fun! Can't wait for you all to see them.

Just finished off two posts today that I'd made a start on some time ago! That gets me right back up to the month's worth of buffer that I like to keep in case of emergencies like the start of September, and that's a nice feeling, having gotten there so quickly.

Operating while distracted: What it's like writing with ADHD A reflection

It's ADHD Awareness Month! As per usual, I needed to be reminded about it (cheers Elise...). If you want to learn a bit more about what it's like writing as an ADHDer, have a read of this: https://red-pens-and-playwriting.ghost.io/operating-while-distracted/

Operating while distracted: What it's like writing with ADHD A reflection

It's ADHD Awareness Month! As per usual, I needed to be reminded about it (cheers Elise...). If you want to learn a bit more about what it's like writing as an ADHDer, have a read of this: https://red-pens-and-playwriting.ghost.io/operating-while-distracted/

Ooooh, I had a lovely productive day today! I wrote up two upcoming posts for a reflection series I'm excited to start soon, and still had some time and brainpower left over to put into capacity planning. I also got a bit of outside time this afternoon taking one of the cats around the garden […]

Quick advice on how to create metaphors. Also works in reverse for dream interpretation, deconstructing story themes and cultural symbols, and solving riddles.

Take the thing you want to analogize. Make a list of its qualities. Then forget the original thing and let your mind wander about what […]

Now that the members of Red Pens and Playwriting have had their chance at a first look, it's time to show the rest of you what I've been plotting. Introducing: The Great Multimedia Showdown, now in a collated and extended PDF form! https://ko-fi.com/s/d0623f315c

Now that the members of Red Pens and Playwriting have had their chance at a first look, it's time to show the rest of you what I've been plotting. Introducing: The Great Multimedia Showdown, now in a collated and extended PDF form! https://ko-fi.com/s/d0623f315c

Happy 2 years of Red Pens and Playwriting! Writing for writers about writing

Happy 2nd anniversary of Red Pens and Playwriting!

If you're signed up as a member, check your inbox for the latest celebratory excitement or see https://red-pens-and-playwriting.ghost.io/happy-2-years-of-red-pens-and-playwriting/.