I went to lunch with some girlfriends today. The subject of my blog came up and my friend Lorry asked if I had seen the movie Julie and Julia. She was the second person to ask me that. I haven't seen the movie but I know "Julie" was a writer who started a blog. Lots of people start blogs. What's the connection with this movie? And then Lorry explained that like me, Julie also writes every day for 365 days. I played it off, but I was pissed.
My incredibly original idea had been playing in every movie theater in the country months before I thought of it. I wish I had stolen the idea because then I would have a guideline or a daily source of inspiration to take the pressure off. The ideas are half the battle. I get tired of writing every day about my life. I want to write more fiction. And by fiction I mean more than colorful stories about my life with different names to protect the innocent. For some reason I have a hard time finding the inspiration for fiction within myself. I am used to Saturday mornings with Jacqueline. I miss her opening lines.
Its time to graduate and start to think of my own. For now, I will follow Jacqueline's advice that she sent in an email just the other day, rely on my tenacity and just power through each day of writing. But just in case that fails, can somebody send me a damn cookbook?
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