January 27, 2005
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I’m not sure how it happened but I just wrote the hottest sex scene. I knew exactly what my characters were going to do next, I’ve been working it out in my head and I had to write some stuff to get them there, but then they tricked me and had sex instead. Wow! I just went with it. I mean they’re married, why not. I just wrote it how I’d want it. Damn, that was some kind of fun.
Last night we had our first workshop. I made seventeen copies and went to class. I asked to go first because I couldn’t stand the waiting. Plus I was so nervous I didn’t eat dinner because I figured I’d have to take a shit the minute I started reading. So I read them The Dream. I put all the parts together. It came out to about 2000 words, which seemed okay for a reading. It was so fun. What a treat to be able to add inflection to the words and manipulate the tempo. I got some really good feedback and they pointed out some stuff that seemed obvious, which I’d overlooked. Like they wondered who all the characters were. I had left H and W in there and they wanted more. They also wanted to know what Melissa had said the dream meant. They wanted to know why I went looking for Wayne. And two people said they felt it was too –what’s the word for crazy? Two people said they liked the dream-like quality of the whole piece. I can’t think of that word and it was two men who used it. It’s what drove my ex crazy. It’s not scattered, but close. It starts with a C or Q. I hate being old, I can’t remember shit.
Anyway, I couldn’t believe what great writers these people were. I am thrilled to be sitting in such good company. Six of us read and I was impressed by each of them. They all read their piece lovingly, as well. I love it that there are as many men as women, as many young as old, and if I had to guess how everyone had voted it would be a dead tie. That makes for really good discussion.
Did you see the recipe for tofu that my new reader, Sare_Meegan , offered? Today’s the day I practice with tofu. Forget weight watchers, I am going to just see what happens with some of these new recipes. Did you know that oil should be kept cool, out of the light? I have been cooking with oil that may be toxic. Oh, and I have to tell you the really scary thing I did. At the end of the tofu class he passed around a questionnaire, wanting comments on the class. The second to last question was “Do you know of somebody who’d enjoy teaching a cooking class?” The last question was “What would they be cooking?” I put my name down for soup.
Comments (5)
Oh My Pru
I am most proud of you
this is so exciting….It is so refreshing
that you get to display your skills and show
your talents as well…
I am beaming here…
now off to the hospital for me
have a sweet evening
All sounds *beautiful* ummn, wish I was there…
Pls, though, don’t make your dream story *too* logical! The mystery is part of its flavour, charm, structure, comment on the interweaving of dream and reality and why we do the things we do, search for what we search for…
Yes, breathless yes, I read your beautiful comment at my alter post – I think it’s practically a poem and you should take it and grow it into whatever blossoms… A store for alters would be awesome, too. I could see you doing that, and selling from your store over the NET too… just need some start up money, a location…
That post, the alter one, and the one on going into the Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Centre just up the street, are the ones where a couple of people unsubbed, and today I noticed that, with my Passionate Enlightenment post, yet another has demurred and gone…haven’t yet checked to see who…wouldn’t doubt it’s that dualistic religion being mainlined…wish those folks would realize that Christianity has a mystical side that is awesome, and accepting…I’ve read quite a few Christian mystics, and love them…
Anyhoo, I’m in bed, the Win 98 laptop on the breakfast tray, dog sleeping beside me, have my moon, it hasn’t slowed down and I’m 53 in a month or so, and am sipping some Merlot, and will turn out the light soon and have a blissful sleep…
Thank Goddess for Xanga!
Hugs!
*grins…. i love it when they do their own thing! it’s how i know they’re finally fleshed out enough to be real…. good job being brave and going first too! sounds like a great experience- and a healthy group where one can ask questions respectfully and still be taken seriously!
Oh man, you’re gonna write about writing a sex scene, then you’re not gonna share? What’s up with that? If you’re gonna tell us, then you gotta tell us all the way.
Your workshop seems to be very enjoyable. I wish we had something like that here.