As The Weekend Approaches

As the weekend fast approaches I am more than aware that I have been neglecting certain things, and that I want – as well as need – to get back into them once more. The break in Baltimore meant that I had to leave many things on my desk, just waiting for my return, no matter in what state they were, and that goes for my writing as much as anything. There are some things that you can hand over to another to be completed, and some which only one person can do. No one can write for me, no one can do my college work for me, so it all waits.

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It’s strange going back into a short story – or a longer piece – where you’ve had to leave it for a while. The circumstances have changed, you’ve had many things on your mind, your entire conception of the plot, characterization, even the ending may well have changed in the meantime. So for me now. I have several stories which I have worked on which, because of my absence, have literally been gathering dust. Now, several weeks later, I need to get back into them, to find that moment where I left off and get back into the past. I feel, as I look at the words I had already written, like a snake coming out of its old skin.

Love & Kisses, Viki.

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