Good-bye 2009!  Another year gone by…

Hello 2010!  Another year to get through…

Do you make New Year’s resolutions?  I do.  Most of them I break on January 2nd or 3rd.   But, I have found that I tend to keep the resolutions that are dear to me.  And those are the ones that I make about writing.

I finished every project I wanted to finish in 2009.  I even surprised myself and accomplished things I had not thought about.   I wrote in genres that are challenging to me.  I entered contests that scared me.  I pushed myself and took on challenges.

One of the major things I learned in 2009 is I have a lot to learn about writing a good story.  I know I can write.  I can string the words together to make sentences and then put the sentences together to make paragraphs.  My weakness is in the “story”.  So that is where my effort will go in 2010.

Santa Claus put Dramatica Pro under the Christmas tree for me this year.  Dramatica Pro is a computer program which is advertised as being the “ultimate creative writing partner”.    The big promise I’ve made to myself is to learn this program and  use it effectively. 

Today, I’ve been learning the program and I can see that there are many levels to uncover.  Yesterday I ordered two books from Amazon.  These books should help me  figure out how to get the most out of this “writing partner”.  I’m looking forward to receiving “Dramatica: A New Theory of Story”, and “Dramatica for Screenwriters” sometime next week.

And now for those resolutions that I will probably break … losing weight, exercising more, not wasting time…  I’m giving up some sugar,  especially those flavored coffees that I seem to buy everyday…  (Note, I said “some sugar” – not “all sugar”!).

Anyway, Happy New Year!  Here’s to a great 2010!