It’s taken a while to get this blog up and running yet here I go. Returning to the 9-to-5 job with a renewed state of mind: developing my own business & be about the business of making a feature film & getting several development deals from my scripts.
Oh yes… its been a long time coming, yet I feel refreshed over this long July 4th weekend break I gave myself. There’s so much material, ideas, short films, pictures, edited fun videos and poetry coming through me that I haven’t had a chance to get it all down at one time. I think I was relying on Facebook too much, yet it has been a great outlet (under the “Notes” section on FB). Wonderful comments about my recent note on Facebook, called "Unthinkable," fueled the renewed passion to get this blog a-going. (Eventually, I'll get that FB note on here as well.) Also, I’m in full preparation of writing a novel – a task I’ve stopped and started over the years, wondering if it'll be a fiction or non-fiction work of art. Hmmmm....
So many of my good friends have told me about my writing skills and for some crazy reason, I thought good writers were made of the strong, reliable stock & would be persistent and never lazy in their writing focus. I'm in the process of fully refocusing my energies and time and return to the creative passion I love to do the most; writing. What takes up my time in my free hours from the job? Good question! And you know what I came up with? I love to sit quietly and allow my thoughts to flow on paper. As I became older, my writing is now going through a wonderful filter of sorts yet I can challenge myself to be rebellious and bold with some restraint, I think. As I remember from my earliest times as a third grader, one of my teachers, Ms. Benjamin told me I had an active imagination based on the assignments I would turn in. And any assignment which would require a break from the usual norm of reading and reporting on boring topics, I was all for. I studied broadcast journalism in college and halfway through my studies I started to fall out of love with the journalist type of writing I was trained to do. I fell in love with video editing and filmmaking in my senior year – Soon, I was bringing together people from different majors, all walks of life and interests for either a black history moment or a PSA (Public service Announcement) or a screenplay I wrote or helped co-write with other aspiring writers. Reflecting back on how I joined with people and got encouragement and gave encouragement, it’s time to return some of the love I’ve received over the years right here in “blog” form by writing, sharing pictures (cause I go no where without a camera) and editing video shorts to share here @ my blogspot here. Wow…. This is really cool!
Now, after some help and encouragement from co-workers, friends and family, I’m starting on this journey with everyone here in the cyberworld to keep me accountable to the wonderful scripts, books and short videos I’ve had within me all along. It’s time to share, experiment & grow (all within reason) all the creative passions I can pursue on my downtime. Its just…learning how to be completely tech savvy, changing with the ever-changing programs, i.e. Adobe and Apple programs & scripting your life can be challenging, yet I embrace the challenge wholeheartedly.
Here’s the first entry of many… thanks for joining me & away we go!
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